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David Copperfield

David Copperfield
★ 7.1/10•1999•1h 30m•6•Drama
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A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.

Simon Curtis · Director

Adrian Hodges · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateDec 25, 1999

Episodes

Episode 1 - Part 1E190m

Part 1

David's happy childhood days in the village of Blunderstone with his mother, Clara, and at Great Yarmouth with their servant, Peggotty and her family, are brought to an end by the marriage of Clara to high-minded but brutal Edward Murdstone. He and his sister, Jane, move into the peaceful little house and begin a repressive regime. // Romance is in the air as David secretly gets engaged to his employer's daughter, the beautiful but dizzy Dora Spenlow -- despite Mr Spenlow's outrage. Spenlow's death soon after, however, gives David a chance to marry Dora, and he starts to write his stories and columns for newspapers. But what of the beautiful Agnes Wickfield, his one constant friend?

Dec 25, 1999

Episode 2 - Part 2E290m

Part 2

David is now working in London as a clerk at Spenlow's and living at Mrs. Crupp's house. However, her fondness for "peppermint cordial" renders her incapable of fulfilling her promise to Aunt Betsey to treat David as if he were her own son. // A chance meeting with his old schoolfriend, James Steerforth, leads to David being invited to dinner with Steerforth's mother. David also discovers from Agnes that her father's clerk, the lurking and evil Uriah Heep, is to become a partner in her father's business - and the stage is set for a bitter battle.

Dec 26, 1999

Actors

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson

Narrator (voice)

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe

Young David Copperfield

Ciarán McMenamin

Ciarán McMenamin

David Copperfield

Emilia Fox

Emilia Fox

Clara Copperfield

Pauline Quirke

Pauline Quirke

Peggotty

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Betsey Trotwood

Trevor Eve

Trevor Eve

Murdstone

Michael Elphick

Michael Elphick

Barkis

James Thornton

Ham Peggotty

Alun Armstrong

Alun Armstrong

Dan Peggotty

Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins

Micawber

Imelda Staunton

Imelda Staunton

Mrs. Micawber

Patsy Byrne

Patsy Byrne

Mrs. Gummidge

Zoë Wanamaker

Zoë Wanamaker

Miss Murdstone

Laura Harling

Little Emily

Karl Johnson

Karl Johnson

Tungay

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