This biopic series from Yorkshire Television focused on an ageing, failing Charles Dickens as he recalled scenes from his early life.
It followed his development from the age of 11 up to the age of 32 and offered ample opportunity for viewers to identify people and events that were to shape his writings.
Roy Dotrice played Dickens as an old man (and also Dickens’s spendthrift father, John).
Charles Dickens
Roy Dotrice (adult)
Gene Foad (young man)
Simon Bell (child) Mrs Dickens
Diana Coupland Catherine Dickens
Adrienne Burgess (adult)
Patsy Kensit (child) Georgiana Hogarth
Christine McKenna Mary Hogarth
Lois Baxter Fanny Dickens
Henrietta Baynes (adult)
Pheona McLellan (child) Dolby
John F. Landry Fred Dickens
Graham Faulkner John Dickens
Roy Dotrice Maria Beadnell
Karen Dotrice Miss Baldwin
Holly Palance Mr Hogarth
Richard Leech
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