Dickens And The Dandy or Dickens And Dizzy by [ [] ]
Directed by Tracey Neale
BBC Radio 4 - 23.06.2008
Episode 3 Series 2 of Dickens Confidential
Series of plays looking at how Charles Dickens, as the head of a daily paper, would have tackled bringing the news to the masses.
Plot[]
In the weeks leading up to Queen Victoria's coronation, Dickens meets Benjamin Disraeli, a journalist and ambitious young politician. There is an instant rivalry and unease between the two men, which only increases when the team believe they have uncovered a secret that Disraeli wants to keep hidden.
Cast[]
- Charles Dickens....Dan Stevens
- Agnes Paxton....Eleanor Howell
- Daniel Parker....Andrew Buchan
- Benjamin Disraeli....Julian Rhind-Tutt
- William Percy....Bertie Carvel
- Mary Anne Wyndham Lewis....Liz Sutherland
- Lady Londonderry....Joan Walker
- Rachel....Lydia Leonard
- Official....Ben Crowe
- Footman....Nyasha Hatendi
- Archbishop....Dan Starkey
- Speaker....Stephen Critchlow
- Rabbi....Alan Lee