''Rebecca'' is a 1979

BBC Television BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since 1 January 1927. It p ...

drama, directed by Simon Langton. It is based on

Daphne du Maurier Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, (; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Gerald du Maurier, Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her gra ...

's 1938 British novel ''

Rebecca Rebecca () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban (Bi ...

''. Four 55-minute episodes were produced and aired on

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Cast

Locations

Caerhays Castle Caerhays Castle or Carhayes Castle () is a semi-castellated country house built in 1808, south of the village centre, St Michael Caerhays, Cornwall, England. It overlooks Porthluney Cove on the English Channel. The garden has a large collection ...

doubled as Manderley in this series. The beach scenes were filmed at Porthluney Cove.Portloe to Mevagissey
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* 1970s British drama television series 1970s British television miniseries 1979 British television series debuts 1979 British television series endings BBC television dramas British English-language television shows Television series set in the 1920s Television shows based on British novels Works based on Rebecca (novel) Television shows based on works by Daphne du Maurier {{Drama-tv-prog-stub