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Our Mutual Friend

Our Mutual Friend
★ 7.8/10•1998•1h 30m•PG•Drama
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Love in a city where class governs all

After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to avoid the marriage and the threats on his life. He returns as John Rokesmith and becomes the secretary for the Boffins, who inherit Harmon's estate following his alleged death.

Julian Farino · Director

Sandy Welch · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 9, 1998

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1E190m

Episode 1

A body pulled from the Thames is identified as young John Harmon, heir to a fortune made in dust-contracting. Bella Wilfer, his wife-to-be by terms of old Harmon's will, goes into mourning though she has never met her fiancé.

Mar 9, 1998

Episode 2 - Episode 2E290m

Episode 2

Lizzie Hexam, daughter of the corpse robber who found young Harmon's alleged body, is being courted by two desperate characters: Eugene Wrayburn, a dissolute barrister, and Bradley Headstone, a mentally-deranged schoolmaster.

Mar 16, 1998

Episode 3 - Episode 3E390m

Episode 3

As the rivalry over who will take Lizzie's hand in marriage intensifies, Lizzie flees. Meanwhile, the once-kindly Mr. Boffin has become a tyrant to Rokesmith, who evokes the sympathy of the formerly haughty Bella.

Mar 23, 1998

Episode 4 - Episode 4E490m

Episode 4

Harmon is planning to claim his dust fortune from the Boffins, who have been playing villains to test Bella's true character. Meanwhile, Eugene has a brush with death via Headstone and decides to do the honorable thing with Lizzie.

Mar 30, 1998

Actors

Steven Mackintosh

Steven Mackintosh

John Harmon / John Rokesmith

Anna Friel

Anna Friel

Bella Harmon / Bella Wilfer

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin

Pam Ferris

Pam Ferris

Henrietta Boffin

Keeley Hawes

Keeley Hawes

Elizabeth 'Lexie' Hexam

Dominic Mafham

Dominic Mafham

Mortimer Lightwood

Paul McGann

Paul McGann

Eugene Wrayburn

Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Silas Wegg

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

Mr Venus

Anthony Calf

Anthony Calf

Alfred Lammle

Doon Mackichan

Doon Mackichan

Sophronia Lammle

David Bradley

David Bradley

Roger 'Rogue' Riderhood

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