Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial) Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial) Vanity Fair is a BBC television drama serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of the same name broadcast in 1998. The screenplay was written by Andrew Davies. The BBC previously adapted the novel as a serial twice before, in 1967 and also in 1987. For a full length summary of the book see: "Vanity Fair" plot summary. Natasha Little as Becky Sharp (character)<br> Frances Grey as Amelia Sedley<br> David Ross as Mr. Sedley <br> Philip Glenister as William Dobbin<br> Michele Dotrice as Mrs. Sedley<br> Janine Duvitski as Mrs. Bute Crawley<br> Anton Lesser as Mr.
Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet mental condition, Sedley in vain tried to obtain a divorce. He met Ann Ayscough, probably around 1670, by whom he had two illegitimate sons, William and Charles Sedley. William died in infancy, the brother Charles was knighted by William III after the coronation in 1689 and created a baronet in 1702. The relationship with Ann Ayscough lasted to the end of Sedley's life. Sedley died at Hampstead on 20 August 1701 and was buried at Southfleet Church on the 26th. The Sedley baronetcy became extinct on his death. Sedley is famous as a patron of literature in the Restoration period,