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-the Worst of Times
The life of Charles Dickens - reflected in his own writings, the words of his family and friends, and the characters who people his novels.
Compiled in seven parts by MICHAEL BAKEWELL with Martin Jarvis as Charles Dickens.
5: A Vague Unhappy Loss of Something
Other parts played by GWEN CHERRELL. SIMON CUFF
ALAN DUDLEY. ELIZABETH LINDSAY
JOAN MATHESON. RICHARD TATE and STEPHEN TOMPKINSON
Researcher MEUSSA BAKEWELL Directed by ROSEMARY HART Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Michael Bakewell
Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Unknown:
Charles Dickens.
Played By:
Gwen Cherrell.
Played By:
Simon Cuff
Played By:
Alan Dudley.
Played By:
Elizabeth Lindsay
Played By:
Joan Matheson.
Played By:
Richard Tate
Played By:
Stephen Tompkinson
Unknown:
Meussa Bakewell
Directed By:
Rosemary Hart
John Forster/Narrator:
Paul Daneman
Macready:
Harold Innocent
Miss Flite:
Patricia Hayes
Georgina Hogarth:
Rosalind Ayres
YateS:
Peter Marinker
Thackeray:
Anthony Jackson
Kate Perugini:
Zelah Clarke
Scrooge:
Garard Green
Jane Carlyle:
Eva Stuart
Amy Dorrit:
Polly James
De La Rue:
Arnold Diamond
Dombey:
Anthony Jackson
Martha:
Caroline Gruber
Whiffler:
John Baddeley
Rose Maylie:
Victoria Carling
Source: Radio Times

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