Samuel Pickwick and his friends set out on a journey to discover their world in Dickens’ comically tragic and profoundly daft tale of Innocence abroad. Tricked by conmen and traduced and imprisoned by lawyers, guileless Samuel’s faith in human nature is in tatters until it is salvaged by the street-kid philosopher, Sam Weller. So our buffoon becomes a hero and comes through everything that a murky world can throw at him with his innocence intact.
“Timothy Spall and Sue Johnston head a sparky and talented cast in this rumbustious adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic tale on an innocent abroad.” Daily Mail
“Funny, brisk and entertaining.” Sunday Times
“Timothy Spall and Sue Johnston head a fine cast in Michael Eaton’s lively adaptation of Charles Dickens’s picaresque first novel.” The Observer
CAST
Pickwick – TIMOTHY SPALL
Snodgrass & Male Worshipper & Sportsman – ROBERT PORTAL
Tupman & Dodson – TOBY JONES
Winkle & Fogg & Solitary Tenant – JOHN MCANDREW
Sam Weller & Rochester Coachman – BURN GORMAN
Jingle & Cricket Commentator – JASPER BRITTON
Job Trotter & Slurk & Groffin & Stage Man & Hostler & RSM – JOHN TAMS
Wardle & Gummer & Namby – GAWN GRAINGER
Stiggins & Stareleigh & Mr Leo Hunter & Chancery Prisoner – JACK SHEPHERD
Tony Weller – MICHAEL JAYSTON
Perker Cabman – PHILIP VOSS
Joe Slumkey – AARON JOHNSON
Buzfuz – GERARD MURPHY
Mr Nupkins & Jackson & Potts & Snubbins & Smangle & Coachman – PHILIP FOX
Mr Winkle Snr – PATRICK GODFREY
Bob Sawyer & Wicks & Zephyr – GUY LANKESTER
Ben Allen & Tom Roker & Officer Of The Court – JONATHAN KEEBLE
Tommy Bardell – JOSEPH GRIT
Mrs Bardell – SUE JOHNSTON
Old Mrs Wardle & Haggard Woman & Miss Tompkins & Miss Nupkins & Mrs Raddle & Landlady – ANGELA PLEASENCE
Emily – KATIE FOSTER-BARNES
Arabella – LUCY DAVENPORT
Mary & Little Girl & Maid & Barmaid – RHIANNON OLIVER
Mrs Cluppins & Cook – LYNN MILLER
Rachael & Headmistress & Mrs Nupkins – JULIE LEGRAND
Susan Weller & Mrs Leo Hunter & Sarah – LYNN FARLEIGH
COMPANY
Studio Manager – Mark Smith
Editor – David Thomas
Associate Producer – Lucy Mangan
Script Editor – Catherine Wearing
Music – John Tams
Director – Jane Morgan
Producer – Nicholas Newton