Little Dorrit

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Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit: Episode 2

Charles Dickens - Little Dorrit

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, Episode 2

Arthur Clennam worries about his parents, but thinks he has found a new love.

Arthur Clennam worries about his parents, but thinks he's found a new love. Amy receives a proposal. Stars Ian McKellen.

Arthur Clennam still believes his parents to have wronged someone, but he can't get any help from the Circumlocution Office. 

He also thinks he’s found a new love, and Little Dorrit receives a proposal.

Charles Dickens's masterpiece of social satire and imprisonment.

Starring Sir Ian McKellen as Charles Dickens. 

Dramatised by Doug Lucie.

Recorded on location in London. 

Charles Dickens ...... Ian McKellen
Arthur Clennam ...... Julian Wadham 
Mrs Clennam ...... Margaret Tyzack 
William Dorrit ...... John Wood 
Little Dorrit ...... Jasmine Hyde
Mrs Merdle ...... Jennie Stoller
Fanny Dorrit ...... Indira Varma
Flora Finching ...... Sophie Thompson 
Frederick Dorrit ...... Peter Tuddenham 
Pet Meagles ...... Clare Corbett 
John Chivery ...... Ben Crowe 
Tip Dorritt ...... Kenny Blyth 
Maggy ...... Helen Ayres 
Flintwinch ...... Ioan Meredith
Mr Meagles ...... Gordon Reid 
Mr Doyce ...... Jonathan Keeble

Other parts played by members of the cast.

Music by Mia Soteriou.

Director: Janet Whitaker 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001.

Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit

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Dickens' satire on the shortcomings of the government and 1850s society. With Ian McKellen

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