The Citadel | |
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Directed by | Peter Jefferies Mike Vardy |
Starring |
Ben Cross Clare Higgins Tenniel Evans Gareth Thomas |
Music by | Michael Stuckey |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Running time | 50 min. (per episode) |
Release | |
Original network | BBC1 |
Original release | 20 January – 24 March 1983 |
The Citadel is a 1983 BBC television adaptation written by Don Shaw from A. J. Cronin's novel The Citadel, which was originally published in 1937. It was produced by Ken Riddington. Other television versions include a British (1960) and two Italian (1964 & 2003) adaptations. the miniseries was directed by Peter Jefferies and Mike Vardy.
The BBC dramatisation stars Ben Cross as Dr. Andrew Manson and Clare Higgins as Christine Manson. It was broadcast in the US from November 1983 until January 1984 by PBS television as part of Masterpiece Theatre.
The program was partly filmed on location in Tredegar, Wales, where A. J. Cronin practised as a doctor with the Tredegar Medical Aid Society prior to writing the novel, as well as in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and Prague. His experience with the Tredegar Medical Aid Society shaped the "Aberalaw" section of the novel.