The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Part 2

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By Charles Dickens, adapted by Mike Walker. With Pippa Nixon as Kate Dickens.

By Charles Dickens. Orphan twins Neville and Helena Landless arrive in Cloisterham, in the care of Reverend Crisparkle. Adapted by Mike Walker.

By Charles Dickens

Newly arrived from Ceylon, orphan twins Neville and Helena Landless arrive in Cloisterham. Helena makes firm friends with Rosa, but Neville, lodging with Reverend Crisparkle, clashes with Edwin.

Kate Dickens… Pippa Nixon
John Jasper… Joel McCormack
Edwin Drood … Iwan Davies
Rosa Bud … Isabella Inchbald
Reverend Crisparkle … Damian Lynch
Neville Landless … Maanuv Thiara
Helena Landless … Halema Hussain
Pianist Colin Sell

Adapted by Mike Walker
Directed by Jeremy Mortimer
A BBC Cymru Wales Production

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Drama: Thriller

Kate Dickens tells the story of her father's final and unfinished novel, a fast-moving thriller set in a phantasmagorical landscape where nobody is who or what they say they are.

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