BBC Classics Collection - 4 Mini-Series (Vol. 2) - 6-DVD Box Set ( North & South / Hard Times / The Way We Live Now / Great Expectations )

BBC Classics Collection - 4 Mini-Series (Vol. 2) - 6-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: North & South / Hard Times / The Way We Live Now / Great Expectations
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
810 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1994 - 2004 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Brian Percival
Peter Barnes
David Yates
Julian Jarrold

Written By:
Elizabeth Gaskell
Sandy Welch
Peter Barnes
Charles Dickens
Andrew Davies
Tony Marchant

Actors:
Daniela Denby-Ashe ..... Margaret Hale (4 episodes, 2004)
Richard Armitage ..... John Thornton (4 episodes, 2004)
Tim Pigott-Smith ..... Richard Hale (4 episodes, 2004)
Sinéad Cusack ..... Hannah Thornton (4 episodes, 2004)
Brendan Coyle ..... Nicholas Higgins (4 episodes, 2004)
Anna Maxwell Martin ..... Bessy Higgins (4 episodes, 2004)
Jo Joyner ..... Fanny Thornton (4 episodes, 2004)
Pauline Quirke ..... Dixon (4 episodes, 2004)
Kay Lyon ..... Mary Higgins (4 episodes, 2004)
Lesley Manville ..... Maria Hale (4 episodes, 2004)
Brian Protheroe ..... Mr. Bell (3 episodes, 2004)
Rupert Evans ..... Frederick Hale (3 episodes, 2004)
John Light ..... Henry Lennox (3 episodes, 2004)
Emma Ferguson ..... Edith Shaw Lennox (3 episodes, 2004)
William Houston ..... John Boucher (3 episodes, 2004)
Jane Booker ..... Mrs. Shaw (3 episodes, 2004)
Lucy Brown ..... Ann Latimer (3 episodes, 2004)
Tom Charnock ..... Williams (3 episodes, 2004)
Tim Faraday ..... Mr. Watson (3 episodes, 2004)
Travis Oliver ..... Capt. Maxwell Lennox (3 episodes, 2004)
Caroline Pegg ..... Mrs. Boucher (3 episodes, 2004)
Will Tacey ..... Mr. Latimer (3 episodes, 2004)
David Crellin ..... Mr. Slickson (2 episodes, 2004)
Shaun Hennessey ..... Mr. Henderson (2 episodes, 2004)
Frank Lauder ..... Stephens (2 episodes, 2004)
Alan Marsh ..... Walk on (2 episodes, 2004)
Carl McCrystal ..... Henderson Worker (2 episodes, 2004)
Ian McHale ..... Stone (2 episodes, 2004)
Martin Walsh ..... Mr. Hamper (2 episodes, 2004)
Spencer Wild ..... Tom Boucher (2 episodes, 2004)
Harriet Walter ..... Rachel (4 episodes, 1994)
Bill Paterson ..... Stephen Blackpool
Alan Bates ..... Josiah Bounderby
Beatie Edney ..... Louisa Gradgrind
Bob Peck ..... Thomas Gradgrind
Emma Lewis ..... Sissy Jupe / ... (4 episodes, 1994)
Richard E. Grant ..... James Harthouse
Christien Anholt ..... Tom (2 episodes, 1994)
Dilys Laye ..... Mrs. Sparsit (2 episodes, 1994)
Damian Hunt ..... Young Tom (2 episodes, 1994)
David Suchet ..... Augustus Melmotte
Matthew Macfadyen ..... Sir Felix Carbury
Cillian Murphy ..... Paul Montague
Paloma Baeza ..... Hetta Carbury (4 episodes, 2001)
Cheryl Campbell ..... Lady Carbury (4 episodes, 2001)
Richard Cant ..... Dolly Longestaffe
Shirley Henderson ..... Marie Melmotte (4 episodes, 2001)
Tom Fahy ..... Butler - Grosvenor Square
Allan Corduner ..... Croll
Angus Wright ..... Miles Grendall
Miranda Otto ..... Mrs. Hurtle (4 episodes, 2001)
Stuart McQuarrie ..... Lord Nidderdale
Tony Britton ..... Lord Alfred Grendall
Oliver Ford Davies ..... Mr. Longestaffe
Helen Schlesinger ..... Madame Melmotte (4 episodes, 2001)
Douglas Hodge ..... Roger Carbury
Maxine Peake ..... Ruby Ruggles (4 episodes, 2001)
Graham Crowden ..... Marquis of Auld Reekie
Anne-Marie Duff ..... Georgiana Longestaffe
David Bradley ..... Mr. Broune
Sarah Niven ..... Simpson (3 episodes, 2001)
Rob Brydon ..... Mr. Alf
Jon Rumney ..... Herr Vossner
Nicholas McGaughey ..... John Crumb (3 episodes, 2001)
Michele Dotrice ..... Mrs. Pipkin (3 episodes, 2001)
Jim Carter ..... Mr. Brehgert
Michael Riley ..... Hamilton K. Fisker
Lilo Baur ..... Didon (2 episodes, 2001)
Tony Pritchard ..... Mr. Wakeham (2 episodes, 2001)
Joanna David ..... Lady Pomona Longestaffe (2 episodes, 2001)
Fenella Woolgar ..... Lady Julia Monogram
Ioan Gruffudd ..... Pip
Justine Waddell ..... Estella
Charlotte Rampling ..... Miss Havisham
Laura Aikman ..... Young Biddy
Nicholas Blane ..... Wopsle
Selina Cadell ..... Sarah Pocket
Jo Cameron Brown ..... Miss Skiffins
Emma Cunniffe ..... Biddy
Tony Curran ..... Orlick
Laurence Dobiesz ..... Young Herbert
Leo Dolan ..... Sheriff's Officer
Sarah Durham ..... Maid
Michael Eaves ..... Police Officer
Daniel Evans ..... Herbert Pocket
Gemma Gregory ..... Young Estella
Bernard Hill ..... Abel Magwitch
James Hillier ..... Bentley Drummle
David Horovitch ..... Matthew Pocket
Alex Leppard ..... Gaoler
Hugh Lloyd ..... The Aged P
Roland Manookian ..... Pip's Servant
Ian McDiarmid ..... Jaggers
Ifan Meredith ..... Startop
Ryan John Monaghan ..... Pickpocket
Laila Morse ..... Molly
Lockhart Ogilvie ..... Gentleman
Terence Rigby ..... Pumblechook
Clive Russell ..... Joe Gargery
Lesley Sharp ..... Mrs Joe
Angela Sims ..... Estella's Attendant
Philippa Stanton ..... Clara
Reggie Stewart ..... Sergeant
Richard Stirling ..... Presiding Finch
Donald Sumpter ..... Compeyson
Bill Thomas ..... Tailor
Gabriel Thomson ..... Young Pip
Timothy Tranter ..... Young Orlick
Norman Tyrrell ..... Judge
Sandra Voe ..... Camilla Pocket
Nicholas Woodeson ..... Wemmick

Synopsis:

North & South (2004)
North and South is a four part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton.
Hard Times (1994)
A video of BBC TV's dramatization of Dickens's most openly political novel, which traces the human consequences of a ruthlessly materialistic philosophy in the lives of Thomas Gradgrind's family in a Lancashire mill-town.
The Way We Live Now (2001)
First screened on BBC in 2001, The Way We Live Now will surprise those who know Anthony Trollope through the subtleties of his Barsetshire novels. This story of ambition centers around Augustus Melmotte, an Austrian Jewish financier who takes the London money markets and social scene by storm in his efforts to become an "English country gentleman." His rise and fall is followed with remorseless logic by Trollope, and David Yates's direction keeps this in focus against a wealth of subplots and character interaction.
Great Expectations (1999)
An anonymous benefactor helps an orphan become a gentleman (Ioan Gruffudd) and pursue an eccentric's (Charlotte Rampling) lovely young ward (Justine Waddell).

North & South (2004)
This series operates on many levels. At the heart of the series is the tempestuous relationship between Margaret Hale, a young woman from a southern middle class family who finds herself uprooted to the north, and John Thornton, a formerly poverty-stricken cotton mill owner terrified of losing the viability of his business. Around them are class struggles between the workers and mill owners and ideological struggles between the industrial North and the agrarian South. After moving North, Margaret's father befriends his student Mr. Thornton. Margaret has already formed her opinion of Mr. Thornton independently after seeing him treat his workers harshly. As the series progresses, she and we the audience begin to learn that his strict treatment is due to an overarching concern for his mill and by extension, his employees. John Thornton, on the other hand, is attracted to Margaret's independence and position in society as a well-educated Southerner. As in "Pride and Prejudice" the marriage proposal comes in the middle of the series and is rejected by Margaret. Contrary to "Pride and Prejudice" it is mirrored in social upheaval as the entire town is brought to its knees by a strike. The latter half of the series is an unraveling of the former misunderstandings ending in a romantic reconciliation which is again mirrored by reconciliation between workers and mill owners.
Hard Times (1994)
A theatrical BBC adaptation of the classic Dickens' novel starring Alan Bates and Richard E. Grant. Coketown is a dark, soot-filled Northern mill town that fills the pockets of its businessmen with wealth but wears down the souls of its workers. It is here that Gradgrind's children, Tom and Louisa, struggle to find a means of escape.
The Way We Live Now (2001)
At the center of the story is Augustus Melmotte, a European-born city financier, whose origins are as mysterious as his business dealings. Trollope describes him as 'something in the city', but the "something" part is not always clear. Within weeks of arriving in London, he announces a new company and promises instant fortune to those who join him in this scheme. Melmotte is surrounded by a circle of decadent aristos, scheming widows and nouveau riche businessmen, all trying to get a piece of the financial pie. His disobedient daughter, Marie, is played by Shirley Henderson, while Cheryl Campbell, Matthew Macfadyen and Paloma Baeza bring to life the aristocratic but impoverished Carbury family.
Great Expectations (1999)
Young Pip is expected to become a blacksmith, but, hating the soot and smoke, he secretly dreams of becoming a gentleman. When he meets the mysterious Miss Havisham and her haughty niece Estella, Pip is confident that his dream is to come true.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 24 July, 2015.