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| Our Mutual Friend | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Historical drama |
| Based on | Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens |
| Written by | Freda Lingstrom |
| Directed by | Eric Tayler |
| Starring | Paul Daneman Zena Walker David McCallum |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Douglas Allen |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 7 November 1958 – 23 January 1959 |
Our Mutual Friend is a 1958 British television mini-series adapted from Charles Dickens' 1865 novel Our Mutual Friend.[1] The series was made by the BBC and ran through 1959 for a total of twelve episodes, broadcast live and telerecorded for potential repeats.[2] Unlike most BBC series of the 1950s, the series exists in its entirety, and in 2017 was released to DVD by Simply Media.[3]
Cast and characters
[edit]| Actor/Actress | Role |
|---|---|
| Paul Daneman | John Rokesmith |
| Zena Walker | Miss Bella Wilfer |
| David McCallum | Eugene Wrayburn |
| Richard Leech | 'Rogue' Riderhood |
| Richard Pearson | Nicodemus Boffin |
| Rachel Roberts | Lizzie Hexam |
| Basil Henson | Mortimer Lightwood |
| Marda Vanne | Mrs. Henrietta Boffin |
| George Howe | Reginald Wilfer |
| Helena Hughes | Jenny Wren |
| Alex Scott | Bradley Headstone |
| Carl Bernard | Alfred Lammle |
| Rachel Gurney | Mrs. Sophronia Lammle |
| Robert Scroggins | Sloppy |
| Charles Hodgson | Mr. Fledgeby |
| Daphne Newton | Mrs. Wilfer |
| Wilfrid Brambell | Mr. Dolls |
References
[edit]- ^ "Our Mutual Friend Episode 8 (1958)". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020.
- ^ "Our Mutual Friend: Episode 1". 7 November 1958. p. 21 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ "What the Dickens? Charles Dickens DVD releases". SimplyHE.
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