Our Mutual Friend (1998 TV serial)
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| Directed by | Julian Farino |
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| Running time | 360 min. |
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| Original network | BBC Two |
| Original release | 9 March – 30 March 1998 |
Our Mutual Friend is a British television serial broadcast in 1998 and adapted from Charles Dickens's novel Our Mutual Friend (1864–1865).
Cast[]
- Anna Friel as Bella Wilfer
- Steven Mackintosh as John Harmon
- Keeley Hawes as Lizzie Hexam
- Paul McGann as Eugene Wrayburn
- Peter Vaughan as Mr. Boffin
- David Morrissey as Bradley Headstone
- Dominic Mafham as Mortimer Lightwood
- David Bradley as Rogue Riderhood
- Kenneth Cranham as Silas Wegg
- Timothy Spall as Mr. Venus
- Pam Ferris as Mrs. Boffin
- Katy Murphy as Jenny Wren
- Doon Mackichan as Sophronia Lammle
- Anthony Calf as Alfred Lammle
- Michael Culkin as Mr. Veneering
- Martin Hancock as Sloppy
- Edna Doré as Betty Higden
- Margaret Tyzack as Lady Tippins
- Roger Frost as police inspector
- David Schofield as Gaffer Hexam
- Paul Bailey as Charley Hexam
- Peter Wright as Mr. Wilfer
- Heather Tobias as Mrs. Wilfer
- Catriona Yuill as Lavinia Wilfer
Production[]
The Kingswear Castle paddlesteamer was used for the drama. The scene was shot on the River Medway next to the boat's then moorings in The Historic Dockyard Chatham. In 2013 the ship returned to use on the River Dart in Devon. Bella Wilfer and the Boffin family go on a family day out. The back streets of the workhouse were filmed in The Historic Dockyard Chatham.[1]
Awards[]
Winner:
- 1999: British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Design, Best Drama Serial, Best Sound, Best Make Up
Nominated:
- 1999: Broadcasting Press Guild Awards - Best Actor, Best Drama
References[]
- ^ Kent Film Office. "Kent Film Office Our Mutual Friend Film Focus".
External links[]
- Our Mutual Friend at BBC Online
- Our Mutual Friend at PBS
- Our Mutual Friend at IMDb
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- 1990s British drama television series
- BBC television dramas
- Television shows based on works by Charles Dickens
- Television shows based on British novels
- 1998 British television series debuts
- 1998 British television series endings
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