<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Release </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original release </Th> <Td> January 2009 (US) </Td> </Tr> <P> Wuthering Heights is a two - part ITV television series adaptation of the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë . The episodes were adapted for the screen by Peter Bowker and directed by Coky Giedroyc . The programme stars Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley in the roles of the famous lovers Heathcliff and Catherine or' Cathy' Earnshaw . </P> <P> The series was first broadcast in January 2009 in the US, as part of PBS's Masterpiece Classic programming . It eventually aired in the UK in two separate 90 - minute instalments on consecutive nights, on 30 and 31 August 2009 . It was broadcast on the terrestrial networks ITV & UTV, and in early 2010 on STV in Scotland . </P>

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