The Citadel (television)

The Citadel
Directed by	Peter Jefferies Mike Vardy
Starring	Ben Cross Clare Higgins Tenniel Evans Gareth Thomas
Music by	Michael Stuckey
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	50 min. (per episode)
Release
Original network	BBC1
Original release	20 January – 24 March 1983

The Citadel is a 1983 BBC television adaptation written by Don Shaw from A. J. Cronin's novel The Citadel, which was originally published in 1937. It was produced by Ken Riddington. The miniseries was directed by Peter Jefferies and Mike Vardy.

The BBC dramatisation stars Ben Cross as Dr. Andrew Manson and Clare Higgins as Christine Manson. It was broadcast in the US from November 1983 until January 1984 by PBS television as part of Masterpiece Theatre.

Writing for The New York Times, John J. O'Connor noted "Manson is played to grim but winning perfection by Ben Cross", and wrote the series "holds up remarkably well as a story and drama."

The program was partly filmed on location in Tredegar, Wales, where A. J. Cronin practised as a doctor with the Tredegar Medical Aid Society prior to writing the novel, as well as in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and Prague. His experience with the Tredegar Medical Aid Society shaped the "Aberalaw" section of the novel.

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