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  • David Copperfield Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | 92 min | Drama

David Copperfield

Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 92 min | Drama

Romance is in the air as David secretly gets engaged to his employer's daughter, the beautiful but dizzy Dora Spenlow, despite Mr. Spenlow's outrage. Spenlow's death soon after, however, gives David a chance to marry Dora, and he starts to...See moreRomance is in the air as David secretly gets engaged to his employer's daughter, the beautiful but dizzy Dora Spenlow, despite Mr. Spenlow's outrage. Spenlow's death soon after, however, gives David a chance to marry Dora, and he starts to write his stories and columns for newspapers. But what of the beautiful Agnes Wickfield (Amanda Ryan), his one constant friend? David is now working in London as a clerk at Spenlow's and living at Mrs. Crupp's (Dawn French) house. However, her fondness for "peppermint cordial" renders her incapable of fulfilling her promise to Aunt Betsey (Maggie Smith) to treat David as if he were her own son. A chance meeting with his old schoolfriend, James Steerforth (Oliver Milburn), leads to David being invited to dinner with Steerforth's mother (Cherie Lunghi). David also discovers from Agnes that her father's clerk, the lurking and evil Uriah Heep (Nicholas Lyndhurst), is to become a partner in her father's business, and the stage is set for a bitter battle See less
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Director
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Charles Dickens (novel) | Adrian Hodges (screenplay)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Dec 26, 1999

Release date
Dec 26, 1999 (United States)

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Cast

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47 cast members
Name Known for
Ciarán McMenamin
David Copperfield David Copperfield See fewer
Dawn French
Mrs. Crupp Mrs. Crupp See fewer
Clare Wilkie
Julia Mills Julia Mills See fewer
James Grout
Mr. Spenlow Mr. Spenlow See fewer
Daniel Radcliffe
Young David Young David See fewer
Trevor Eve
Murdstone Murdstone See fewer
Amanda Ryan
Agnes Wickfield Agnes Wickfield See fewer
Nicholas Lyndhurst
Uriah Heep Uriah Heep See fewer
Oliver Milburn
Steerforth Steerforth See fewer
Ed Hughes
Steerforth's Friend Steerforth's Friend See fewer
Colin Farrell
Milkman Milkman See fewer
Laura Harling
Little Emily Little Emily See fewer
Zoë Wanamaker
Miss Murdstone Miss Murdstone See fewer
Cherie Lunghi
Mrs. Steerforth Mrs. Steerforth See fewer
Jacqueline Tong
Lady in coach Lady in coach See fewer
Clare Holman
Rosa Dartle Rosa Dartle See fewer
Kenneth MacDonald
Littimer Littimer See fewer
Ian McKellen
Creakle Creakle See fewer
Harry Lloyd
Young Steerforth Young Steerforth See fewer
Pauline Quirke
Peggotty Peggotty See fewer
Steve Swinscoe
Quinion Quinion See fewer
James Thornton
Ham Peggotty Ham Peggotty See fewer
Alun Armstrong
Dan Peggotty Dan Peggotty See fewer
Bob Hoskins
Micawber Micawber See fewer
Patsy Byrne
Mrs. Gummidge Mrs. Gummidge See fewer
Peter Sproule
Bootmaker Bootmaker See fewer
Imelda Staunton
Mrs. Micawber Mrs. Micawber See fewer
Maggie Smith
Betsey Trotwood Betsey Trotwood See fewer
Paul Whitehouse
Pawnbroker Pawnbroker See fewer
Brian Abbott
Constable Constable See fewer
Oliver Ford Davies
Mr. Wickfield Mr. Wickfield See fewer
Thelma Barlow
Mrs. Heep Mrs. Heep See fewer
Ian McNeice
Mr. Dick Mr. Dick See fewer
Antonia Corrigan
Young Agnes Young Agnes See fewer
Joanna Page
Dora Spenlow Dora Spenlow See fewer
Tom Wilkinson
Narrator Narrator See fewer
Emilia Fox
Clara Copperfield Clara Copperfield See fewer
David Maybrick
Officer Officer See fewer
John Normington
Dr. Chillip Dr. Chillip See fewer
Chris Sugden
Fisherman Fisherman See fewer
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