Masterpiece Episode: "The Way We Live Now"

Season 31, Episode 14
Episode Synopsis: David Suchet plays a shady financier who buys his way into Victorian society in a four-part adaptation of “The Way We Live Now,” Anthony Trollope's 1875 treatise on greed. Victorian society is only too willing to sell itself to Augustus Melmotte (Suchet) because he has what the land-rich, cash-poor aristocrats want: money. In Part 1, for instance, Sir Felix Carbury (Matthew Macfayden), a cad who has squandered his inheritance, sets out to win the very willing heart of Melmotte's daughter (Shirley Henderson). Sir Felix's mother (Cheryl Campbell) thinks it's a wonderful idea. Hetta: Paloma Baeza. Original Air Date: Apr 1, 2002
Guest Cast Helen Schlesinger: Madame Melmotte Shirley Henderson: Marie Melmotte Michael Riley: Hamilton K. Fisker David Bradley: Mr. Broune Anne-Marie Duff: Georgina Longestaffe Douglas Hodge: Roger Carbury Tom Fahy: Butler (Grosvenor Square) Graham Crowden: Marquis of Auld Reekie Miranda Otto: Mrs. Hurtle Cheryl Campbell: Lady Carbury Derek Smee: Butler (Caversham Hall) Derek Peacock: Mr. Ruggles Lilo Baur: Didon Nicholas McGaughey: John Crumb Allan Corduner: Croll Cillian Murphy: Paul Montague Richard Cant: Dolly Longestaffe Maxine Peake: Ruby Ruggles Paloma Baeza: Hetta Carbury Rob Brydon: Mr. Alf Joanna David: Lady Pomona Longestaffe Michele Dotrice: Mrs. Pipkin Robert Sterne: Portrait Painter Jon Rumney: Vosner Tony Pritchard: Mr. Wakeham Sarah Niven: Simpson Matthew Macfadyen: Sir Felix Carbury David Suchet: Augustus Melmotte Stuart McQuarrie: Lord Nidderdale Oliver Ford Davies: Mr. Longestaffe Angus Wright: Miles Grendall Tony Britton: Lord Alfred Grendall
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Premiered: January 10, 1971, on PBS
Rating: TV-PG
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