Directed by:
Peter BarnesScreenplay:
Peter BarnesCast:
Harriet Walter, Bill Paterson, Alan Bates, Richard E. Grant, Christien Anholt, Timothy Bateson, Bob Peck, Sam Stockman, Alex Jennings, Christopher Benjamin, Patsy Byrne, Dilys Laye (more)Plots(1)
This BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens's darkest novel examines the gloomy milieu of an industrialized English mill town that makes its businessmen rich and its workers miserable. When two of the town's children (Beatie Edney and Christien Anholt) grow to discover the light of the outside world, their revelations lead to a whole new life. (official distributor synopsis)
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Harriet Walter
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Alan Bates
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Bob Peck
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Dilys Laye
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Diana Fairfax
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