<Li> The BBC produced an eight - part mini-series in 1957 starring Peter Wyngarde as Sydney Carton, Edward de Souza as Charles Darnay, and Wendy Hutchinson as Lucie Manette . </Li> <Li> The BBC produced a ten - part mini-series in 1965 . </Li> <Li> The BBC produced another eight - part mini-series in 1980 starring Paul Shelley as Carton / Darnay, Sally Osborne as Lucie Manette, and Nigel Stock as Jarvis Lorry . </Li> <Li> A Tale of Two Cities, a 1980 version for TV, starring Chris Sarandon, Peter Cushing, Alice Krige, and Billie Whitelaw . </Li>

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