Martin Chuzzlewit (1994– )

Stars:

Paul Scofield, Tom Wilkinson, Keith Allen

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Paul Scofield	...	Old Martin Chuzzlewit (6 episodes, 1994)
Tom Wilkinson	...	Seth Pecksniff (6 episodes, 1994)
Keith Allen	...	Jonas Chuzzlewit (6 episodes, 1994)
Philip Franks	...	Tom Pinch (6 episodes, 1994)
Julia Sawalha	...	Mercy Pecksniff (6 episodes, 1994)
Emma Chambers	...	Charity Pecksniff (6 episodes, 1994)
Pauline Turner	...	Mary Graham (6 episodes, 1994)
Pete Postlethwaite	...	Tigg Montague (5 episodes, 1994)
Steve Nicolson	...	Mark Tapley (5 episodes, 1994)
Ben Walden	...	Young Martin Chuzzlewit (5 episodes, 1994)
Lynda Bellingham	...	Mrs. Lupin (5 episodes, 1994)
Maggie Steed	...	Mrs. Todgers (5 episodes, 1994)
Peter Wingfield	...	John Westlock (5 episodes, 1994)
Paul Francis	...	Bailey (5 episodes, 1994)
Stephen Mapes	...	Lewsome (5 episodes, 1994)
John Padden	...	Augustus Moddle (5 episodes, 1994)
Elizabeth Spriggs	...	Mrs. Gamp (3 episodes, 1994)
John Mills	...	Mr. Chuffey (3 episodes, 1994)
Joan Sims	...	Betsy Prig (3 episodes, 1994)
Graham Stark	...	Nadgett (3 episodes, 1994)
Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy	...	Ruth Pinch (3 episodes, 1994)
Robin Hooper	...	Mr. Jinkins (3 episodes, 1994)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

charles dickens | tv mini series | inheritance | blackmail | victorian era | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 March 1995 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Fleece Inn, Bretforton, Worcestershire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

385 min 385 min (1 x 85 min, 5 x 60 min episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The madder red and gold print gown Lynda Bellingham (Mrs. Lupin) wears at the inn is the same gown worn by Justine Waddell (Molly Gibson) while walking with Roger at The Towers in Wives and Daughters, and by Emma Pierson (Fanny Dorrit) while visiting the Gowans in Venice in Little Dorrit.

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Connections

Featured in The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1995)

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Soundtracks

"Largo from Symphony No. 9"
(From the New World)
Written by Antonín Dvorák
Heard in score during American sequences

User Reviews

Top quality acting all way through

This is an excellent adaptation of a fine novel. It is always a pleasure to see Dickens´s novels successfully made into films or TV series, and this version of Martin Chuzzlewit is without question the best adaptation of a Dickens novel that I have seen. Like in most of Dickens´s works the main plot is sometimes a bit difficult to keep track of because of the many secondary plots which attract our attention, but as far as I am concerned this is not a very serious disadvantage, since the far most important element in any Dickens novel is the wide range of interesting and peculiar characters that fill the pages, and since the cast of this TV production of Martin Chuzzlewit manages to make a number of the characters even more fascinating than they are in the book. All the actors and actresses in this TV-series are good; many of them are brilliant. Most remarkable are Tom Wilkinson, Keith Allen, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Chambers, Philip Franks, Maggie Steed, and Julia Sawalha. Better acting than theirs in this production is not often seen. The entire cast seem in fact to have inspired and brought out the best in each other. An example of a character which has actually become more interesting as a result of the adaptation from novel to TV-series is the character of Jonas Chuzzlewit: Keith Allen´s interpretation lends him an even more profound air of gloomy desperation and twistedness than is expressed by the Jonas we meet in the novel. Pete Postlethwaite´s interpretation of Mr. Montague Tigg is likewise of such high class that it is almost an improvement on the book without being in the least degree unfaithful to it. I really cannot recommend this TV-series enough. People with a taste for Dickens can see it many times and still feel rewarded.