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2 Episodes 1999 - 1999
Episode 1
Thu, Dec 26, 2013 120 mins
Bob Hoskins (as Micawber) heads a strong British cast in a two-part adaptation of Charles Dickens' sprawling 1850 coming-of-age classic. It begins with David (Daniel Radcliffe) in blissful childhood, which ends when his mother (Emilia Fox) weds the tyrannical Mr. Murdstone (Trevor Eve). "What is before you is a fight with the world," Murdstone snarls. "The sooner you begin it, the better." Betsey: Maggie Smith. Peggoty: Pauline Quirke. Jane Murdstone: Zoe Wanamaker. Creakle: Ian McKellen.
Episode 2
Sun, Jul 12, 2015 120 mins
As the story concludes, the adult David (Ciaran McMenamin) is determined to win the heart of Dora Spenlow (Joanna Page). He does, but "dark clouds" gather elsewhere, in the forms of his old school benefactor Steerforth (Oliver Milburn) and that "reptile" Uriah Heep (Nicholas Lyndhurst). Betsey Trotwood: Maggie Smith. Mr. Micawber: Bob Hoskins. Agnes Wickfield: Amanda Ryan. Mrs. Steerforth: Cherlie Lunghi. Rosa Dartle: Clare Holman. Mr. Dick: Ian McNeice.