
Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.

Paul Shelley
Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton

Ralph Michael
Dr Alexandre Manette

Sally Osborne
Lucie Manette

Vivien Merchant
Miss Pross

BBC 1 trailer 5th October 1980 leading into a tale of 2 cities