The Pickwick Papers (1985 television series)
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The Pickwick Papers is a twelve-part BBC adaption of The Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens
, made in 1985. It starred Nigel Stock, Alan Parnaby, Clive Swift
and Patrick Malahide
, with narration spoken by Ray Brooks.
Mr. Nathaniel Winkle (Jeremy Nicholas
): travelling companion and friend of Pickwick's; a reluctant sportsman
Mr. Augustus Snodgrass (Alan Parnaby): another companion and friend; an amiable poet.
Mr. Tracy Tupman (Clive Swift
): yet another; a very flirtatious man
Sam Weller (Phil Daniels
): Mr. Pickwick's valet
Tony Weller (Howard Lang
): Sam's father; does not really know if his name is written as Veller or Weller
Mr. Alfred Jingle (Patrick Malahide
): a strolling player, and a charlatan
Mr. Wardle (Colin Douglas
): friend of Pickwick's, a widower with two daughters
Mr. Perker (Milton Johns
): Pickwick's lawyer
Job Trotter (Pip Donaghy): Jingle's servant
Mrs. Bardell (Jo Kendall
): Pickwick's landlady
The Pickwick Papers
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club is the first novel by Charles Dickens. After the publication, the widow of the illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any...
by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
, made in 1985. It starred Nigel Stock, Alan Parnaby, Clive Swift
Clive Swift
Clive Walter Swift is an English character comedy actor and songwriter. He is best known for his role as character Richard Bucket in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances. He is less known for his role as character Roy in the British television series The Old Guys...
and Patrick Malahide
Patrick Malahide
Patrick Malahide is a British actor, who has played many major film and television roles.-Personal life:Malahide, real name Patrick Gerald Duggan, was born in Reading, Berkshire, the son of Irish immigrants, a cook mother and a school secretary father...
, with narration spoken by Ray Brooks.
Central characters
Samuel Pickwick (Nigel Stock): the main protagonist and founder of the Pickwick Club.Mr. Nathaniel Winkle (Jeremy Nicholas
Jeremy Nicholas (writer)
Jeremy Nicholas is an actor, writer, broadcaster, lyricist and musician. He is President of the Jerome K. Jerome Society.He was born on 20 September 1947 in Wellington, Shropshire, raised in Stafford and educated at Wycliffe College and the Birmingham School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art...
): travelling companion and friend of Pickwick's; a reluctant sportsman
Mr. Augustus Snodgrass (Alan Parnaby): another companion and friend; an amiable poet.
Mr. Tracy Tupman (Clive Swift
Clive Swift
Clive Walter Swift is an English character comedy actor and songwriter. He is best known for his role as character Richard Bucket in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances. He is less known for his role as character Roy in the British television series The Old Guys...
): yet another; a very flirtatious man
Sam Weller (Phil Daniels
Phil Daniels
Philip W. "Phil" Daniels is an English actor, most noted for film and television roles as "cockneys" such as Jimmy in Quadrophenia, Richards in Scum, Stewart in The Class of Miss MacMichael, Mark in Meantime, Kevin Wicks in EastEnders, DCS Frank Patterson in New Tricks and Edward Kitchener "Ted"...
): Mr. Pickwick's valet
Tony Weller (Howard Lang
Howard Lang
Howard Lang was a British actor best known for playing Captain William Baines in the BBC nautical drama The Onedin Line. He served for seven years in the Royal Navy during World War II....
): Sam's father; does not really know if his name is written as Veller or Weller
Mr. Alfred Jingle (Patrick Malahide
Patrick Malahide
Patrick Malahide is a British actor, who has played many major film and television roles.-Personal life:Malahide, real name Patrick Gerald Duggan, was born in Reading, Berkshire, the son of Irish immigrants, a cook mother and a school secretary father...
): a strolling player, and a charlatan
Mr. Wardle (Colin Douglas
Colin Douglas (actor)
Colin Douglas was an English actor. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Douglas was educated at the Farm School in Cumberland...
): friend of Pickwick's, a widower with two daughters
Mr. Perker (Milton Johns
Milton Johns
Milton Johns is an English actor whose thin features and talent for obsequious or oily characters has often influenced the many television parts he has received. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.Johns was born in Bristol...
): Pickwick's lawyer
Job Trotter (Pip Donaghy): Jingle's servant
Mrs. Bardell (Jo Kendall
Jo Kendall
Jo Kendall is a British actress.She played Desdemona in a production of Othello at the A.D.C. Theatre, Cambridge in 1962.In August 1963 she appeared in the West End in London, New Zealand and Broadway, in the Cambridge University revue Cambridge Circus directed by Humphrey Barclay, alongside Graham...
): Pickwick's landlady
Other characters
- Dione Inman - Isabella Wardle
- Valerie Whittington - Emily
- Ned Williams Master Bardell
- David Nunn - Joe (Fat Boy)
- Patience Collier - Old Mrs. Wardle
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