 Kneale and Cartier next collaborated on an adaptation of Wuthering Heights ( broadcast 6 December 1953 ) and then on a version of George Orwell 's novel Nineteen Eighty @-@ Four ( 12 December 1954 ) . Nineteen Eighty @-@ Four was a particularly notable production ; many found it shocking , and questions were asked in Parliament about whether some of the scenes had been suitable for television . There was also prominent support for the play ; the Duke of Edinburgh made it known that he and the Queen had watched and enjoyed the programme , and the second live performance on 16 December gained the largest television audience since her coronation the previous year . The Guardian newspaper 's obituary of Kneale in 2006 claimed that the adaptation had " permanently revived Orwell 's reputation , " while the British Film Institute included it in their list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century in 2000 . 
