| The Diary of Anne Frank | |
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| Genre | Historical drama |
| Written by | Anne Frank (diary) Deborah Moggach |
| Directed by | Jon Jones |
| Starring | Ellie Kendrick Geoff Breton Iain Glen Felicity Jones |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Elinor Day |
| Running time | 150 min. |
| Production company(s) | Darlow Smithson Productions[1] |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC One |
| Original run | 5 January 2009 – 9 January 2009 |
The Diary of Anne Frank is a BBC adaptation, in association with France 2, of The Diary of a Young Girl, written by Deborah Moggach.[2]
It was shown from 5–9 January 2009 in five half-hour episodes.[3] Representatives of the BBC have said that they "hope [that] this drama will bring Anne [Frank] alive to viewers of all generations."[4] A DVD of the series was released on 12 January 2009. It also aired on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public television in the United States on 11 April 2010, as part of its Masterpiece series.[5] The American broadcast was cut from 150 minutes to 100 and broadcast in one evening instead of over 5 evenings.
Anne Frank began filming in October 2007, in the UK.[6]
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