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.
Jim Dobbin daughters. Jim Dobbin James Dobbin, (26 May 1941 – 6 September 2014) was a British Labour Co-operative politician and microbiologist, who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton from 1997 until his death in 2014. Jim Dobbin was born in Fife, Scotland, the son of a coal miner, and educated at Catholic schools. He later studied bacteriology and virology at Napier College, Edinburgh. He worked as a microbiologist within the NHS for 33 years until 1994, mainly at the Royal Oldham Hospital. He was elected chairman of the Rochdale Constituency Labour Party for a year in 1980. In