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Maggie Smith | Betsey Trotwood | |
Ian McNeice | Mr. Dick | |
Oliver Ford Davies | Mr. Wickfield | |
Ian McKellen | Creakle | |
Tom Wilkinson | Narrator | |
Daniel Radcliffe | Young David | |
Bob Hoskins | Micawber | |
Alun Armstrong | Dan Peggotty | |
Imelda Staunton | Mrs. Micawber | |
Paul Whitehouse | Pawnbroker | |
Dawn French | Mrs. Crupp | |
Zoe Wanamaker | Miss Murdstone | |
Emilia Fox | Clara Copperfield | |
Harry Lloyd | Young Steerforth | |
Joanna Page | Dora Spenlow | |
Trevor Eve | Murdstone | |
Ciarán McMenamin | David Copperfield | |
Michael Elphick | Barkis | |
Nicholas Lyndhurst | Uriah Heep | |
Amanda Ryan | Agnes Wickfield |
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Producer | Kate Harwood
Rebecca Eaton Katrine Dudley Jane Tranter |
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Writer |
Charles Dickens
Adrian Hodges |
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Cinematography | Andy Collins
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Musician | Rob Lane
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Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities. |
Seen it: Yes 45 mins 12/25/1999 1. Part 1 | ||
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David Copperfield is a posthumous child. He was born in Blunderstone, Suffolk, three months after the death of his father, who also called David Copperfield. On the night of David's birth, his Great-Aunt Betsey Trotwood arrives at the Rookery - the Copperfield family home.
David returns home for the holidays and and makes amends with Murdstone, who has fathered a baby boy with Clara.
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Seen it: Yes 45 mins 12/26/1999 2. Part 2 | ||
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David returns to Canterbury to see Mr Wickfield and Agnes, who are both pleased to hear of his engagement to Dora.
David visits Yarmouth again soon afterwards after he receives a letter from Peggotty, informing that Barkis's health is deteriorating.
David marries Dora and is at first frustrated by her inability to be anything more than a 'child bride'.
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Seen it: Yes 45 mins 1/8/2000 3. Part 3 | ||
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Seen it: Yes 45 mins 1/15/2000 4. Part 4 | ||
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