Our Mutual Friend

1998 - 1998

Episode 1

Episode 1

A body pulled from the Thames is identified as young John Harmon, heir to a fortune made in dust-contracting. Bella Wilfer, his wife-to-be by terms of old Harmon's will, goes into mourning though she has never met her fiancé.

Episode 2

16th March 1998

Episode 2

Lizzie Hexam, daughter of the corpse robber who found young Harmon's alleged body, is being courted by two desperate characters: Eugene Wrayburn, a dissolute barrister, and Bradley Headstone, a mentally-deranged schoolmaster.

Episode 3

23rd March 1998

Episode 3

As the rivalry over who will take Lizzie's hand in marriage intensifies, Lizzie flees. Meanwhile, the once-kindly Mr. Boffin has become a tyrant to Rokesmith, who evokes the sympathy of the formerly haughty Bella.

Episode 4

30th March 1998

Episode 4

Harmon is planning to claim his dust fortune from the Boffins, who have been playing villains to test Bella's true character. Meanwhile, Eugene has a brush with death via Headstone and decides to do the honorable thing with Lizzie.

Top Cast

Steven Mackintosh•Anna Friel•Peter Vaughan

Director

Julian Farino

Writer

Sandy Welch

After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to avoid the marriage and the threats on his life. He returns as John Rokesmith and becomes the secretary for the Boffins, who inherit Harmon's estate following his alleged death.

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Full Cast

Steven Mackintosh Image

Steven Mackintosh

John Harmon / John Rokesmith

Anna Friel Image

Anna Friel

Bella Harmon / Bella Wilfer

Peter Vaughan Image

Peter Vaughan

Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin

Pam Ferris Image

Pam Ferris

Henrietta Boffin

Keeley Hawes Image

Keeley Hawes

Elizabeth 'Lexie' Hexam

Dominic Mafham Image

Dominic Mafham

Mortimer Lightwood

Paul McGann Image

Paul McGann

Eugene Wrayburn

Kenneth Cranham Image

Kenneth Cranham

Silas Wegg

Timothy Spall Image

Timothy Spall

Mr Venus

Anthony Calf Image

Anthony Calf

Alfred Lammle

Doon Mackichan Image

Doon Mackichan

Sophronia Lammle

David Bradley Image

David Bradley

Roger 'Rogue' Riderhood

Full Crew

Charles Dickens Image

Charles Dickens

Novel

Julian Farino Image

Julian Farino

Director

Steve Ellingworth

Grip

Phillippa Giles

Executive Producer

Catherine Wearing

Producer

Michael Wearing

Executive Producer

Adrian Johnston Image

Adrian Johnston

Original Music Composer

David Odd

Director of Photography

Frances Parker

Editor

Marilyn Johnson

Casting

Malcolm Thornton

Production Design

Stevie Herbert

Art Direction

Adam Marshall

Art Direction

Jayne Buxton

Makeup Artist

Philippa Hall

Makeup Artist

Lisa Westcott

Makeup Artist

Mike O'Neill

Costume Design

Sandy Welch

Writer

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