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Our Mutual Friend

  • TV Mini Series
  • 19981998
  • 5h 50m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
2.5K
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Paul McGann and Keeley Hawes in Our Mutual Friend (1998)
Drama
Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in Charles Dickens's 1860s London.Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in Charles Dickens's 1860s London.Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in Charles Dickens's 1860s London.
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
2.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Stars
    • Paul McGann
    • Keeley Hawes
    • Dominic Mafham
  • Stars
    • Paul McGann
    • Keeley Hawes
    • Dominic Mafham
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    • 26User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Won 4 BAFTA Awards

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    Anna Friel and Doon Mackichan in Our Mutual Friend (1998)
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    Anna Friel in Our Mutual Friend (1998)
    Anna Friel in Our Mutual Friend (1998)
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    Paul McGann
    Paul McGann
    • Eugene Wrayburn
    Keeley Hawes
    Keeley Hawes
    • Lizzie Hexam
    Dominic Mafham
    Dominic Mafham
    • Mortimer Lightwood
    David Bradley
    David Bradley
    • Rogue Riderhood
    Anna Friel
    Anna Friel
    • Bella Wilfer…
    Peter Vaughan
    Peter Vaughan
    • Mr. Boffin
    Pam Ferris
    Pam Ferris
    • Mrs. Boffin
    Steven Mackintosh
    Steven Mackintosh
    • John Harmon…
    Sarah Crowden
    Sarah Crowden
    • First Guest
    Cate Fowler
    Cate Fowler
    • Second Guest
    John Dallimore
    • Third Guest
    Peter Howell
    Peter Howell
    • Fourth Guest
    Michael Culkin
    Michael Culkin
    • Mr. Veneering
    Anthony Calf
    Anthony Calf
    • Alfred Lammle
    Doon Mackichan
    • Sophronia Lammle
    Ray Gardner
    • Fifth Guest
    Rose English
    • Mrs. Veneering
    Margaret Tyzack
    Margaret Tyzack
    • Lady Tippins
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    • Quotes

      Lizzie Hexam: Will you walk beside me, Mr. Wrayburn, and not touch me.

      Eugene Wrayburn: I'll TRY.

    • Connections
      Featured in Dickens (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Begone Dull Care
      Traditional

      Performed by Kenneth Cranham

    User reviews26

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    9/10
    Rich in Dickensian atmosphere
    "Our Mutual Friend," is another well done BBC adaptation of a classic Charles Dickens story, set in the complex London of 1860, beset with the poor, overseen by the unseemly rich with a class structure at it's most delineated.

    All of these stories deserve the mini-treatment, to allow us into the sprawl of the period and soak up its language and atmosphere and this is right up there with the best of them. The waterfront sets are magnificent as are the sets for the refuse dump where a lot of the action takes place. The cast is enormous and includes many recognised British names, from Timothy Spall, one of my personal favourites, to Margaret Tyzack, another favourite from the original "Forsyte Saga" series.

    Each character is well drawn and complex in all its humanity and struggle for survival. Keely Hawes shines as a woman ill suited to a life on the river, retrieving drowned corpses for their clothes and possessions, and as her counterpart, Anna Friel is sparkling with wit and beauty as a poverty stricken woman striving to acquire a rich husband.

    The script is authentic to Dickens and the era, underlaid with a haunting musical score and overlaid with a cinematography that sweeps from the multi-layered greys of the slums and river life to the lush English gardens of the well-to-do and their sumptuous parties.

    Much like the mini "Pride and Prejudice", all the plot lines sweep to a happy, clean and simple denouement in the end, but the ride is sure-footed with many interesting characters to bewitch and fascinate along the way and a suspenseful drama to hold interest.

    9 out of 10 and not to be missed.
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    • Oct 21, 2007

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      • January 3, 1999 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • PBS (United States)
      • English
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      • The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Chatham, Kent, England, UK
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • 5 hours 50 minutes
      • Color
      • Stereo

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