The Pickwick Papers (TV series)

The Pickwick Papers is a twelve-part BBC adaptation of the 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. The series was first broadcast in 1985. It starred Nigel Stock, Alan Parnaby, Clive Swift and Patrick Malahide, with narration by Ray Brooks.

Central characters

• Nigel Stock as Samuel Pickwick – the protagonist and founder of the Pickwick Club
• Jeremy Nicholas as Mr Nathaniel Winkle – travelling companion and friend of Pickwick's; a reluctant sportsman
• Alan Parnaby as Mr Augustus Snodgrass – another companion and friend; an amiable poet
• Clive Swift as Mr Tracy Tupman – another friend; a very flirtatious man
• Phil Daniels as Sam Weller – Mr Pickwick's valet
• Howard Lang as Tony Weller – Sam's father; does not really know whether his name is written as Veller or Weller
• Patrick Malahide as Mr Alfred Jingle – a strolling player and a charlatan
• Colin Douglas as Mr Wardle – friend of Pickwick's, a widower with two daughters
• Milton Johns as Mr Perker – Pickwick's lawyer
• Pip Donaghy as Job Trotter – Jingle's servant
• Jo Kendall as Mrs. Bardell – Pickwick's landlady

Other characters

• Dione Inman – Isabella Wardle
• Valerie Whittington – Emily Wardle
• Ned Williams – Master Bardell
• David Nunn – Joe (Fat Boy)
• Patience Collier – Old Mrs. Wardle
• Freda Dowie – Rachel Wardle
• Hugh Ross – Jackson
• Tamsin Heatley – Mary
• Sarah Finch – Arabella Allen
• Shirley Cain – Miss Witherfield
• Dallas Cavell – Roker
• Gerald James – Dr. Slammer
• John Patrick – Lt. Tappleton
• Russell Denton – Waiter (Bull Inn)
• Anthony Roye – Dodson
• Kenneth Waller – Fogg
• Alan Mason – Dying prisoner
• Paddy Ward- Wardle Manservant
• John Woodnutt – Sergeant Snubbin
• Michael Ripper – Phunkey
• Nicholas Jeune- Trundle
• June Ellis – Cook
• Richard Henry – Lowten
• David Beckett – Benjamin Allen
• Deddie Davies – Mrs. Cluppins
• Stephen Finlay – Bob Sawyer
• George Little – Peter Magnus
• James Cossins – Nupkins

List of Episodes

Home media

The complete series was released on DVD as part of The Charles Dickens Collection by 2Entertain on 23 January 2012, comprising eight BBC television adaptions of Dickens novels.

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