About
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.
Cast
Tom Wilkinson
as Narrator (voice)
Daniel Radcliffe
as Young David Copperfield
Ciarán McMenamin
as David Copperfield
Emilia Fox
as Clara Copperfield
Pauline Quirke
as Peggotty
Maggie Smith
as Betsey Trotwood
Trevor Eve
as Murdstone
Michael Elphick
as Barkis
James Thornton
as Ham Peggotty
Alun Armstrong
as Dan Peggotty
Bob Hoskins
as Micawber
Imelda Staunton
as Mrs. Micawber
Patsy Byrne
as Mrs. Gummidge
Zoë Wanamaker
as Miss Murdstone
Laura Harling
as Little Emily
Karl Johnson
as Tungay
Ian McKellen
as Creakle
Harry Lloyd
as Young Steerforth
Nicholas Lyndhurst
as Uriah Heep
Steve Swinscoe
as Quinion
Seasons
Episodes
Miniseries
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?
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.
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