Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Dramatized by Betty Davies
Directed by Jane Morgan
Pianist: Mary Nash
BBC Radio 4 - Serial - 25.3.1984 to 27.5.1984
10 x 60mins episodes
Episodes[]
| Episode Number | Broadcast Date | Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 25 March 1984 | "Cut Adrift" | A dead body is retrieved from the Thames. |
| 02 | 01 April 1984 | "The Golden Dustman" | The jury has found that Mr John Harmon's death came about in suspicious circumstances. |
| 03 | 08 April 1984 | "The Doll's Dressmaker" | Gaffer Hexman is found dead with silver in his hand. In John Harman's absence the money goes to his father's foreman, Mr Boffin. |
| 04 | 15 April 1984 | "A Riddle Without an Answer" | Silas Wegg tries to work out who owns the inheritance and the Lammles try to make some money by pairing off Fledgeby. |
| 05 | 22 April 1984 | "Some Affairs of the Heart" | 'My life and fortunes are so contradictory. What can I expect myself to be?' weeps Bella. |
| 06 | 29 April 1984 | "A Flight and a Fall" | Lizzie Hexam goes missing. She had received a retraction of claims against her father. |
| 07 | 06 May 1984 | "Meaning Mischief" | A cash box is found and in it John Harmon's will, leaving the money not to Boffin, but the Crown. |
| 08 | 13 May 1984 | "Setting Traps" | Distressed by Boffin's conduct, Bella returns to her parents' home and is finally reconciled with Harman. |
| 09 | 20 May 1984 | "A Cry for Help" | Who delivers the cruel battering to Eugene Wrayburn? |
| 10 | 27 May 1984 | "The Trap Springs" | Wrayburn is on his deathbed and Lizzie prepares to marry him. The wedding is held in the shadow of death. |
Cast[]
- Michael Kitchen ... John Rokesmith
- Simon Cadell ... Narrator
- Janet Maw ... Lizzie Hexam
- Pippa Guard ... Bella
- Michael Cochrane ... Eugene Wrayburn
- Michael Graham Cox ... Mr Boffin
- Megs Jenkins ... Mrs Boffin
- Robert Lang ... Rogue Riderhood
- Carole Boyd ... Pleasant Riderhood
- Jon Strickland ... Venus
- Timothy Bateson ... Mr Twemlow
- Douglas Livingstone ... Silas Wegg
- Angela Pleasance ... Miss Jenny Wren
- Tom Wilkinson ... Bradley Headstone
- Brett Usher ... Alfred Lammle
- Maggie McCarthy ... Sophronia Lammle
- Hugh Dickson ... R.W. Wilfer
- Bill Nighy ... Mr Fledgeby
- Cyril Shaps ... Mr Riah
- Henry Stamper ... Gaffer Hexam
- Narissa Knights ... Mrs Podsnap
- Cecile Chevrau ... Georgiana Podsnap
- Michael Jenner ... Charley Hexam
- Geoffrey Collins ... Mr Veneering
- Jane Wenham ... Mrs Veneering
- Jack May ... Mr Podsnap
- Steve Hodson ... Mortimer Lightwood
- Stephen Thorne ... Mr Inspector
- Avril Elgar ... Mrs Wilfer
- Moir Leslie ... Lavinia Wilfer
- Margot Boyd ... Miss Abbery Potterson
- William Hope ... Rev. Frank Milvey
- Penelope Freeman ... Mrs Milvey
- Pauline Letts ... Betty Higden
- Daniel Thomason ... Johnny Higden
- Peter Acre ... Sloppy
- Theresa Streatfield ... Miss Peecher
- Helen Atkinson Wood ... Mary-Anne
- Michael Lumsden ... George Radfoot
- David Sinclair ... Mr Dolls
- Mark Straker ... George Sampson
- Colin Starkey ... Coachman
Critical Reception[]
References[]
- http://www.radiolistings.co.uk
- Details taken from a recording of the production.