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Across the years BBC Television has consistently looked to the works of Charles Dickens for intelligent, colourful, accessible and popular drama. Dickens' novels are ideal for television - his writing has a great theatrical and visual quality; his stories (written as episodes with their own cliff-hangers) are full of humour, drama and emotion and his characters are three-dimensional and exude personality.

The adaptation in this set feature some of Britain's greatest actors including Michael Hoskins, Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Eric Porter, Miriam Margolyes, John Le Mesurier, John Mills, Cherie Lunghi, Ian McKellen, Charlotte Rampling, Paul Scofield and many more. The series were all broadcast to great critical and popular acclaim and have since taken their place as a valued part of British television heritage.

"That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been."

Director:

Julian Jarrold [12],

Starring:

Ioan Gruffudd [22], Charlotte Rampling [21], Justine Waddell [10], Bernard Hill [17],

Screen Formats:

Full Frame 1.33:1

Language and Sound:

English Dolby Digital Stereo

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