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David Copperfield (1999)
The tale of David Copperfield from his birth and idyllic upbringing through hardship and adventure leading to his eventual discovery of his vocation as a novelist. On his journey David encounters a gallery of Dickens' most memorable characters, including Mr. Micawber, Uriah Heep, Steerforth, and others.
Writing:
Release Date:
Sat, Dec 25, 1999
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 90
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 90
Tom Wilkinson
Narrator (voice)
Daniel Radcliffe
Young David Copperfield
Ciarán McMenamin
David Copperfield
Emilia Fox
Clara Copperfield
Pauline Quirke
Peggotty
Maggie Smith
Betsey Trotwood
Trevor Eve
Murdstone
Michael Elphick
Barkis
James Thornton
Ham Peggotty
Alun Armstrong
Dan Peggotty
Bob Hoskins
Micawber
Imelda Staunton
Mrs. Micawber
Patsy Byrne
Mrs. Gummidge
Zoë Wanamaker
Miss Murdstone
Laura Harling
Little Emily
Karl Johnson
Tungay
Ian McKellen
Creakle
Harry Lloyd
Young Steerforth
Nicholas Lyndhurst
Uriah Heep
Steve Swinscoe
Quinion
Dawn French
Mrs. Crupp
Amanda Ryan
Agnes Wickfield
Antonia Corrigan
Young Agnes
Joanna Page
Dora Spenlow
James Grout
Mr. Spenlow
Thomas Maher
Mick
Clare Wilkie
Julia Mills
Emily McKenzie
Janet
Ian McNeice
Mr. Dick
Oliver Ford Davies
Mr. Wickfield
John Normington
Dr. Chillip
Jake Nightingale
Tinker
Jacqueline Tong
Lady in Coach
Peter Sproule
Bootmaker
Paul Whitehouse
Pawnbroker
Brian Abbott
Constable
Season 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?
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.