David Copperfield (1956 TV serial)

David Copperfield
Radio Times cover, September 1956
GenrePeriod drama
Based onDavid Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
Screenplay byVincent Tilsley
Directed byStuart Burge
StarringRobert Hardy
Sonia Dresdel
Richard Goolden
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes13 (all missing)
Production
ProducerDouglas Allen
EditorEddie Wallstab (filmed inserts)
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC tv
Release28 September (1956-09-28) 
21 December 1956 (1956-12-21)

David Copperfield is a 1956 BBC Television adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1850 novel, serialised in 13 episodes. No recordings of this production are known to exist.

Although little is known of this version, it is said to have been remarkably similar to the 1966 BBC adaptation made almost a decade later, which was also written by Vincent Tilsley. It is also significant for being the first Dickens adaptation by the BBC for television.