Our Mutual Friend

Name: Our Mutual Friend
Released: 1998-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: David Bradley, Anna Friel, Paul McGann

TV Show · Drama · Special Interest

This acclaimed adaptation of Charles Dickens’ last completed novel is set against the contrasting backgrounds of new money and squalid poverty in Victorian London, as two love stories unfold amid bitter tensions over money and class.

1998 · 1h 25m

Starring David Bradley, Anna Friel, Paul McGann

Director Julian Farino

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

The Boffins inherit a fortune when John Harmon, the only son and heir of their old employer, apparently drowns. A death brings Eugene Wrayburn into the life of Lizzie Hexam.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Lizzie finds herself being pursued by two suitors who become bitter rivals. Meanwhile, she finds a home.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Mr Boffin becomes a miser. Bella Wilfer marries John Rokesmith. Eugene Wrayburn tracks down Lizzie Hexam, then Bradley Headstone attacks Eugene and leaves him for dead.
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Eugene marries Lizzie and Bella finds out her husband is John Harmon. Mr Boffin admits his change of personality was to test her character. Bradley Headstone and Riderhood drown.