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Release Date:
1 December 1974 (UK) moreAwards:
2 nominations moreUser Comments:
A first rate cast- this deserves to be released on video at least! moreCast
(Series Cast overview, first billed only) | David Yelland | ... | David Copperfield |
| Patience Collier | ... | Betsey Trotwood |
| Colette O'Neil | ... | Clara Copperfield |
| Pat Keen | ... | Clara Peggotty |
| John Gill | ... | Mr. Chillip |
| Jonathan Kahn | ... | Young David Copperfield |
 | Gareth Thomas | ... | Mr. Murdstone |
| Oscar Quitak | ... | Quinion |
| Edward Sinclair | ... | Mr. Barkis |
| David Troughton | ... | Ham Peggotty |
| Katharine Levy | ... | Little Emily |
| Ian Hogg | ... | Daniel Peggotty |
| Lala Lloyd | ... | Mrs. Gummidge |
| Anne Ridler | ... | Jane Murdstone |
| Laurence Carter | ... | Mr. Mell |
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300 min (6 episodes)Country:
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This production attempts to efface the Hollywood version of more than thirty years before. Arthur Lowe and Martin Jarvis are wonderfully effective as Wilkins Micawber and Uriah Heep - avoiding too close a resemblance to W.C. Fields and Roland Young. Mrs Micawber is hilariously overblown, played by Patricia Routledge, and Patience Collier, the battily eccentric Aunt Betsey Trotwood, seems to live the part. In fact Patience Collier seems to have stepped straight out of the 19th century. Her magnificent impatience with Heep and her stoicism in the face of adversity are beautifully modulated. Unfortunately, the IMDB cast list leaves out Mrs Steerforth and Rosa Dartle - I can't remember the names of the actors but they brought out a feature of the book which is often glossed over in productions because studios want to make it family viewing. This series didn't make that mistake although it was designed for Sunday teatime viewing. The sado-masochistic relationship between Rosa Dartle and Steerforth (and, to some extent his mother) and the suggestion of prepubescent homosexual attachment of David to Steerforth are implied. In fact, the scenes between Rosa and Steerforth/Mrs Steerforth, and between David and James Steerforth are the most realistic parts of the book and this film. A BBC dramatisation that ought to be better remembered.