The Pickwick Papers is a twelve-part BBC adaptation of the 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. The series was first broadcast in 1985. It starred Nigel Stock, Alan Parnaby, Clive Swift and Patrick Malahide, with narration by Ray Brooks.
Contents
Central characters
Nigel Stock as Samuel Pickwick – the protagonist and founder of the Pickwick Club
Jeremy Nicholas as Mr Nathaniel Winkle – travelling companion and friend of Pickwick's; a reluctant sportsman
Alan Parnaby as Mr Augustus Snodgrass – another companion and friend; an amiable poet
Clive Swift as Mr Tracy Tupman – another friend; a very flirtatious man
Phil Daniels as Sam Weller – Mr Pickwick's valet
Howard Lang as Tony Weller – Sam's father; does not really know whether his name is written as Veller or Weller
Patrick Malahide as Mr Alfred Jingle – a strolling player and a charlatan
Colin Douglas as Mr Wardle – friend of Pickwick's, a widower with two daughters
Milton Johns as Mr Perker – Pickwick's lawyer
Pip Donaghy as Job Trotter – Jingle's servant
Jo Kendall as Mrs. Bardell – Pickwick's landlady
Home media
The complete series was released on DVD as part of The Charles Dickens Collection by 2Entertain on 23 January 2012, comprising eight BBC television adaptions of Dickens novels.