Little Women is a British television mini-series broadcast by the BBC from 1950 to 1951 in six parts. An adaptation by Winifred Oughton and Brenda R. Thompson of Louisa May Alcott's 1868-69 two-volume novel Little Women. The lost series was broadcast live and the transmissions were not recorded. The production was the first adaptation of the novel by the BBC. There were later adaptations in 1958, 1970 and 2017. Plot summary Cast List Meg March - Sheila Shand Gibbs Jo March - Jane Hardie Beth March - Norah Gorsen Laurie - David Jacobs Hannah Mullet - Anita Sharp-Bolster Amy March - Susan Stephen Mrs. March - Barbara Everest Mr. James Laurence - Wensley Pithey John Brooke - Alan Bromly Aunt March - Violet Gould Mr. March - Arthur Ridley Production Team Writing Louisa May Alcott (6 episodes, 1950-1951) Winifred Oughton (6 episodes, 1950-1951) Brenda R. Thompson (6 episodes, 1950-1951) Series Production Design Stephen Taylor (6 episodes, 1950-1951) Lawrence Broadhouse (2 episodes, 1951) Producer Pamela Brown (6 episodes, 1950-1951) Episode list References External links 1950 British television series debuts 1951 British television series endings 1950s British drama television series Black-and-white British television shows English-language television shows Television series about the American Civil War British live television series Lost television shows BBC television dramas 1950s British television miniseries Television series based on Little Women