BBC Classics - 15-DVD Boxset ( Great Expectations / Vanity Fair / The Way We Live Now / Martin Chuzzlewit / Our Mutual Friend / Middlemarch / The Lost Prince / Cambridge Spies )

BBC Classics - 15-DVD Boxset (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Great Expectations / Vanity Fair / The Way We Live Now / Martin Chuzzlewit / Our Mutual Friend / Middlemarch / The Lost Prince / Cambridge Spies
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

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

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

Running Time:
1920 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

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

Movie filmed in 1994-2003 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Julian Jarrold
David Yates
Pedr James
Julian Farino
Tim Fywell
Anthony Page
Marc Munden
Stephen Poliakoff

Written By:
Charles Dickens
Andrew Davies
Tony Marchant
Anthony Trollope
Peter Moffat
Sandy Welch
David Lodge
William Makepeace Thackeray
George Eliot
Stephen Poliakoff

Actors:
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
Natasha Little ..... Becky Sharp (6 episodes, 1998)
Frances Grey ..... Amelia Sedley (6 episodes, 1998)
Philip Glenister ..... William Dobbin (6 episodes, 1998)
David Ross ..... Mr. Sedley (6 episodes, 1998)
Nathaniel Parker ..... Rawdon Crawley (5 episodes, 1998)
Anton Lesser ..... Mr. Pitt Crawley (5 episodes, 1998)
Janine Duvitski ..... Mrs. Bute Crawley (5 episodes, 1998)
Michele Dotrice ..... Mrs. Sedley (5 episodes, 1998)
Jeremy Swift ..... Jos Sedley (4 episodes, 1998)
Tom Ward ..... George Osborne (4 episodes, 1998)
Frances Tomelty ..... Mrs. O'Dowd (4 episodes, 1998)
David Suchet ..... Augustus Melmotte (4 episodes, 2001)
Matthew Macfadyen ..... Sir Felix Carbury (4 episodes, 2001)
Cillian Murphy ..... Paul Montague (4 episodes, 2001)
Paloma Baeza ..... Hetta Carbury (4 episodes, 2001)
Cheryl Campbell ..... Lady Carbury (4 episodes, 2001)
Richard Cant ..... Dolly Longestaffe (4 episodes, 2001)
Shirley Henderson ..... Marie Melmotte (4 episodes, 2001)
Tom Fahy ..... Butler - Grosvenor Square (4 episodes, 2001)
Allan Corduner ..... Croll (4 episodes, 2001)
Angus Wright ..... Miles Grendall (4 episodes, 2001)
Miranda Otto ..... Mrs. Hurtle (4 episodes, 2001)
Emma Chambers ..... Charity Pecksniff (6 episodes, 1994)
Julia Sawalha ..... Mercy Pecksniff (6 episodes, 1994)
Keith Allen ..... Jonas Chuzzlewit (6 episodes, 1994)
Philip Franks ..... Tom Pinch (6 episodes, 1994)
Tom Wilkinson ..... Seth Pecksniff (6 episodes, 1994)
Paul Scofield ..... Old Martin Chuzzlewit / ... (6 episodes, 1994)
Peter Wingfield ..... John Westlock (6 episodes, 1994)
Pauline Turner ..... Mary Graham (6 episodes, 1994)
Ben Walden ..... Young Martin Chuzzlewit (5 episodes, 1994)
Steve Nicolson ..... Mark Tapley (5 episodes, 1994)
Pete Postlethwaite ..... Tigg Montague / ... (5 episodes, 1994)
Paul Francis ..... Bailey / ... (5 episodes, 1994)
Paul McGann ..... Eugene Wrayburn (4 episodes, 1998)
Dominic Mafham ..... Mortimer Lightwood (4 episodes, 1998)
David Bradley ..... Rogue Riderhood (4 episodes, 1998)
Anna Friel ..... Bella Wilfer / ... (4 episodes, 1998)
Peter Vaughan ..... Mr. Boffin (4 episodes, 1998)
Pam Ferris ..... Mrs. Boffin (4 episodes, 1998)
Juliet Aubrey ..... Dorothea Brooke / ... (7 episodes, 1994)
Douglas Hodge ..... Dr. Tertius Lydgate / ... (7 episodes, 1994)
Robert Hardy ..... Arthur Brooke (7 episodes, 1994)
Peter Jeffrey ..... Bulstrode / ... (7 episodes, 1994)
Trevyn McDowell ..... Rosamond Vincy / ... (7 episodes, 1994)
Rufus Sewell ..... Will Ladislaw (7 episodes, 1994)
Jonathan Firth ..... Fred Vincy (7 episodes, 1994)
Julian Wadham ..... Sir James Chettam (7 episodes, 1994)
Colum Convey ..... Mr. Hawley (7 episodes, 1994)
Simon Chandler ..... Rev. Farebrother / ... (7 episodes, 1994)
Stephen Moore ..... Mayor Vincy (7 episodes, 1994)
Rosemary Martin ..... Mrs. Bulstrode / ... (7 episodes, 1994)
Daniel Williams ..... Prince John (younger)
Matthew James Thomas ..... Prince John (older)
Brock Everitt-Elwick ..... Prince George (younger)
Rollo Weeks ..... Prince George (older)
Gina McKee ..... Lalla
Tom Hollander ..... George V
Miranda Richardson ..... Queen Mary
Bill Nighy ..... Stamfordham
Bibi Andersson ..... Queen Alexandra
Ron Cook ..... Lloyd George
Frank Finlay ..... Asquith
Tom Hollander ..... Guy Burgess (4 episodes, 2003)
Toby Stephens ..... Kim Philby (4 episodes, 2003)
Rupert Penry-Jones ..... Donald Maclean (4 episodes, 2003)
Samuel West ..... Anthony Blunt (4 episodes, 2003)
Stuart Laing ..... Jack Hewit (3 episodes, 2003)
Darrell D'Silva ..... Henry (2 episodes, 2003)
Anna-Louise Plowman ..... Melinda (2 episodes, 2003)
Ronald Pickup ..... Colonel Winter (2 episodes, 2003)
Marcel Iures ..... Otto (2 episodes, 2003)
Angus Wright ..... Guy Liddell (2 episodes, 2003)
Patrick Kennedy ..... Julian Bell (2 episodes, 2003)
Colin Higgins ..... Porter (2 episodes, 2003)

Synopsis:

Great Expectations: 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. Vanity Fair: An adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic story of parvenue Becky Sharp's rise from obscure & humble origins to her subsequent ignominious fall from Society; set amongst the backdrop of Regency England & in continental Europe during the Napoleonic War. The Way We Live Now: 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... Martin Chuzzlewit: Some very greedy and selfish relatives are all after the failing old Martin Chuzzlewit's (Paul Scofield's) money. He is surrounded by all these sycophantic relatives that he truly despises while ill, each one only interested in getting their hands on his estate. Our Mutual Friend: The tongues of London high society gossips begin to wag when John Harmon --a young man whose inheritance depends on his marrying a woman he has never met-- is found dead in the River Thames. The fortune passes into the hands of the working-class Boffins, who take into their new home both Bella Wilfer (Harmon's would-be bride) and a mysterious secretary known as Rokesmith. Meanwhile, Lizzie Hexam, the daughter of the boatman suspected of Harmon's murder, is pursued by two suitors: obsessive and self-righteous Bradley Headstone and roguish and lethargic Eugene Wrayburn. An expansive and varied cast of characters create an epic intertwining tale. Middlemarch: This Masterpiece Theatre production, set at the cusp of the Industrial Revolution, chronicles the life, loves, foibles, and politics of the fictional English town of Middlemarch. Adapted from the George Eliot classic of the same name, the plot centers on the socially conscious, but naive Dorothea Brooke (Juliet Aubrey), whose disastrous match to the pedantic Reverend Edward Casaubon (Patrick Malahide) sets in motion a chain of events that will change the face of Middlemarch forever... The Lost Prince: British empire monarch George V (Tom Hollander) and his wife Queen Mary (Miranda Richardson) decide to hide their last-born son, Johnnie (Daniel Williams), from the public, being embarrassingly affected by epilepsy. While his protective elder brother is ruthlessly groomed for court life, Johnnie gets packed off to a country cottage on the royal estate Sandringham. With his full-time governess Lalla (Gina McKee), a substitute-mother, he's abandoned to playfulness and virtual social neglect. The Great War and the Russian Revolution change life in Britain, also at court, even at Sandringham, where royal refugees are expected. Cambridge Spies: The true story of a group of Cambridge University Students who are recruited to spy for the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 16 December, 2020.