Our Mutual Friend
Love in a city where class governs all
Love in a city where class governs all
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Ended
Drama
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 4
avg.Runtime | 90 min
First EP | 1998-03-09
Last EP | 1998-03-30
Overview
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After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to avoid the marriage and the threats on his life. He returns as John Rokesmith and becomes the secretary for the Boffins, who inherit Harmon's estate following his alleged death.
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BBC
Season List
season 1 || Miniseries
Relesed on | 1998-03-09
1
Episode 1
1998-03-09
A body pulled from the Thames is identified as young John Harmon, heir to a fortune made in dust-contracting. Bella Wilfer, his wife-to-be by terms of old Harmon's will, goes into mourning though she has never met her fiancé.
2
Episode 2
1998-03-16
Lizzie Hexam, daughter of the corpse robber who found young Harmon's alleged body, is being courted by two desperate characters: Eugene Wrayburn, a dissolute barrister, and Bradley Headstone, a mentally-deranged schoolmaster.
3
Episode 3
1998-03-23
As the rivalry over who will take Lizzie's hand in marriage intensifies, Lizzie flees. Meanwhile, the once-kindly Mr. Boffin has become a tyrant to Rokesmith, who evokes the sympathy of the formerly haughty Bella.
4
Episode 4
1998-03-30
Harmon is planning to claim his dust fortune from the Boffins, who have been playing villains to test Bella's true character. Meanwhile, Eugene has a brush with death via Headstone and decides to do the honorable thing with Lizzie.
CAST
charactor: Eugene Wrayburn
Original: Paul McGann
Total EP: 4
charactor: Lizzie Hexam
Original: Keeley Hawes
Total EP: 4
charactor: Bella Wilfer
Original: Anna Friel
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Pam Ferris
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Kenneth Cranham
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Timothy Spall
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Anthony Calf
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Doon Mackichan
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: David Bradley
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Linda Bassett
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Margaret Tyzack
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Michael Culkin
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Peter Howell
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Sarah Crowden
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Peter Wight
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: David Schofield
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Katy Murphy
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Martin Hancock
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Edna Doré
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Cyril Shaps
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Heather Tobias
Total EP: 4
charactor: Mortimer Lightwood
Original: Dominic Mafham
Total EP: 4
charactor: John Harmon
Original: Steven Mackintosh
Total EP: 4
charactor: Bradley Headstone
Original: David Morrissey
Total EP: 4
charactor: Mr. Boffin
Original: Peter Vaughan
Total EP: 4
CREW
Malcolm Thornton
Production Design
Art
Adam Marshall
Art Direction
Art
Stevie Herbert
Art Direction
Art
David Odd
Director of Photography
Camera
Steve Ellingworth
Grip
Camera
Jayne Buxton
Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up
Mike O'Neill
Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up
Lisa Westcott
Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up
Philippa Hall
Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up
Julian Farino
Director
Directing
Frances Parker
Editor
Editing
Marilyn Johnson
Casting
Production
Phillippa Giles
Executive Producer
Production
Michael Wearing
Executive Producer
Production
Catherine Wearing
Producer
Production
Adrian Johnston
Original Music Composer
Sound
Charles Dickens
Novel
Writing
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