The Charles Dickens collection [videorecording]
2012
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Eight BBC television adaptations of the classic novels of Charles Dickens. In 'Martin Chuzzlewit' (1994), old Mr Chuzzlewit (Paul Scofield) is on his death bed, and surrounded by his money-hungry family jostling for a position in his will. In 'Oliver Twist' (1985), Ben Rodska plays the orphan who falls in with the pickpocket Fagin (Eric Porter) and his band of thieving boys, as well as crossing paths with the villainous Bill Sykes (Michael Attwell). In 'A Christmas Carol' (1977), miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Hordern) says humbug to Christmas, before three ghosts show him his past, present and possible future, if he doesn't mend his evil ways. In 'A Tale of Two Cities' (1980), Paul Shelley plays Sydney Carton, in love with the beautiful but unheeding Lucie (Sally Osborne), who loves Charles Darnay (also Shelley). When Charles is caught up in the terrors of the French Revolution, Carton risks everything to rescue the husband of the woman he loves. In 'Great Expectations' (1999), Ioan Gruffudd plays orphan Pip, helped to become a gentleman in society by a mysterious benefactor. Thinking that he is being groomed by the reclusive and bitter Miss Havisham (Charlotte Rampling), Pip is shocked to find that his benefactor is the vicious convict Magwitch (Bernard Hill), who Pip helped escape from the Essex marshes when he was a boy. In 'David Copperfield' (1999), the titular hero (played as a young boy by Daniel Radcliffe) progresses through an uncertain life, helped along the way by debtor Mr Micawber (Bob Hoskins) and his aunt Betsy (Maggie Smith). By the time David grows up (played by Ciaran McMenamin), he decides to make a better life for himself. In 'The Pickwick Papers' (1985), Nigel Stock stars as the founder of the Pickwick Club, undergoing many eccentric and chaotic adventures. Finally, in 'Our Mutual Friend' (1998), an adaptation of Dickens' darkest book, a mysterious death by the banks of the Thames links the lives of two young women, Lizzie Hexam (Keeley Hawes) and Bella Wilfer (Anna Friel).
Main title:
The Charles Dickens collection [videorecording] / director, James Pedr; director, Moira Armstrong; director, Michael E. Briant; director, Gareth Davies; director, Julian Jarrold; director, Simon Curtis; director, Brian Lighthill; producer, Chris Parr; producer, Jonathan Powell; producer, Barry Letts; producer, David Snodin; producer, Kate Harwood; producer, Terrance Dicks; writer, David Lodge; writer, Jack Davies; writer, Alexander Baron; writer, Elaine Morgan; writer, Tony Marchant; writer, Adrian Hodges.
Author:
Pedr, James, directorArmstrong, Moira, directorBriant, Michael E., directorDavies, Gareth, directorJarrold, Julian, directorCurtis, Simon, directorLighthill, Brian, directorBurgon, Geoffrey, musicSalem, Peter, musicSimpson, Dudley, musicGruffudd, Ioan, actorArmstrong, Alun, actorSwift, Clive, actor
Imprint:
2 Entertain, 2012.
Collation:
12 videodiscs (1975 min.) : col.
Notes:
Region 2, 12 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen), Other Ratio 1:1.33 (4:3) Standard, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Stereo), Other languages English, Other Language Sound Dolby Mono, Subtitles for hard of hearing (English).Made in 1999.Based on the novels of Charles Dickens.Credits: executive producer, Michael Wearing; executive producer, Jane Tranter; executive producer, Rebecca Eaton; music, Geoffrey Burgon; music, Peter Salem; music, Dudley Simpson; narrator, Ray Brooks.Boxed.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Alun Armstrong, Clive Swift, Paul Scofield, Tom Wilkinson, John Mills, Michael Hordern, John Le Mesurier, Bernard Lee, Paul Shelley, Nigel Stock, Ralph Michael, Judy Parfitt, Justine Waddell, Thelma Barlow, Jeremy Nicholas, Julia Sawalha, Keith Allen, Vivien Merchant, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Elphick, Alan Parnaby, Maggie Steed, Sally Osborne, Bernard Hill, Trevor Eve, Phil Daniels, Elizabeth Spriggs, Stephen Yardley, Emilia Fox, Patrick Malahide, Philip Franks, Pete Postlethwaite, Joan Sims, Ben Walden, Steve Nicolson, Dawn French, Bob Hoskins, Cherie Lunghi, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Ben Rodska, Ian McKellen, Eric Porter, Ciar n McMenamin, Amanda Harris, Oliver Milburn, Michael Attwell, Pauline Quirke, David Garlick, Amanda Ryan, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Zo0 Wanamaker, Paul Whitehouse, Harry Lloyd.
Audience:
BBFC code: 12.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.45712
Language:
English
BRN:
1314278
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