Nicholas Nickleby (1977 TV series) explained

Genre:	Historical drama
Director:	Christopher Barry
Starring:	Nigel Havers
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Num Series:	1
Num Episodes:	6
Producer:	Barry Letts
Company:	BBC
Channel:	BBC One

Nicholas Nickleby is a British television series which first aired on the BBC in 1977. It is based on the novel Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens.^[1]

Cast

• Nigel Havers as Nicholas Nickleby
• Peter Bourke as Smike
• Derek Godfrey as Ralph Nickleby
• Robert James as Newman Noggs
• Kate Nicholls as Kate Nickleby
• Hilary Mason as Mrs. Nickleby
• Malcolm Reid as Mr. Alfred Mantalini
• Derek Francis as Wackford Squeers
• Patricia Routledge as Madame Mantalini
• Patsy Smart as Miss La Creevy
• Anthony Ainley as Sir Mulberry Hawk
• Nigel Hughes as Lord Frederick Verisopht
• Denis Gilmore as Wackford Jnr
• Raymond Mason as Charles Cheeryble
• David Griffin as Frankie Cheeryble
• Preston Lockwood as Tim Linkinwater
• Andrew McCulloch as John Browdie
• John Hewer as Edwin Cherryble
• Ron Pember as Mr. Snawley
• Isabelle Amyes as Miss Fanny Squeers
• Hetty Baynes as Matilda Price
• Patricia Brake as Madeline Bray
• Edward Burnham as Mr. Lillyvick
• Anne Ridler as Mrs. Squeers
• Mark Teale as Belling
• Pauline Moran as Miss Petowker
• Denis Edwards as Mr. Walter Bray
• Freddie Jones as Mr. Vincent Crummles
• Pauline Letts as Mrs. Crummles
• Paul Curran as Arthur Gride
• Liz Smith as Peg Sliderskew

References

1. Pointer p.91-92

Bibliography

• Michael Pointer. Charles Dickens on the Screen: The Film, Television, and Video Adaptations. Scarecrow Press, 1996.