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The Importance of Being Earnest

Screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde's celebrated play in which two Victorian gentlemen both adopt a double identity under the name of Ernest and end up in trouble when they both turn up at the same country house one weekend.

1 hour, 27 minutes

Last on

Sun 10 Aug 202512:40
BBC Two Wales HD & Wales only

BBC History: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

Drama and tragedy marred Wilde's private life. Read about his poety, plays and his time in prison, on the Oscar Wilde profile at BBC History.

Credits

AlgyRupert Everett
JackColin Firth
GwendolenFrances O'Connor
CecilyReese Witherspoon
Lady BracknellJudi Dench
Dr ChasubleTom Wilkinson
Miss PrismAnna Massey
LaneEdward Fox
MerrimanPatrick Godfrey
GribsbyCharles Kay
Pew openerCyril Shaps
DowagerMarsha Fitzalan
ProducerBarnaby Thompson
DirectorOliver Parker
AuthorOscar Wilde
WriterOliver Parker

Broadcasts

  • Sun 15 Apr 200722:00
    BBC Four
  • Sun 26 Aug 200721:00
    BBC Two England, Wales & Wales (Analogue) only
  • Mon 26 Jul 201023:05
    BBC One except Northern Ireland & Wales
  • Mon 26 Jul 201023:35
    BBC One Northern Ireland & Wales only
  • Fri 20 Dec 201312:00
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Sat 13 Sep 201413:35
    BBC Two Northern Ireland, England, Wales & HD only
  • Sat 28 Mar 201513:30
    BBC Two Wales, Northern Ireland, England & HD only
  • Sun 14 Feb 201615:00
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Sat 4 Feb 201713:00
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Christmas Day 201712:15
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Sat 20 Apr 201922:25
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Thu 19 Dec 201915:00
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire & BBC Scotland
  • Mon 11 May 202015:00
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Fri 18 Dec 202014:45
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Sun 11 Jul 202113:50
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Thu 15 Jul 202120:00
    BBC Four
  • Sun 14 Jul 202409:30
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Sat 7 Dec 202413:45
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Fri 13 Dec 202400:05
    BBC Four
  • Sun 10 Aug 202512:10
    BBC Two England, HD, Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
  • Sun 10 Aug 202512:40
    BBC Two Wales HD & Wales only

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