by Charles Dickens adapted by Michael Eaton in four parts for BBC Radio 4
Samuel Pickwick’s hilarious topsy turvey adventures are celebrated in Dickens’ picaresque novel as he travels on his journey through life.
Drama | 5-26 Dec 2004 | 4 x 58 minutes
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 – ROBERT PORTAL
Tupman – TOBY JONES
Winkle – JOHN MCANDREW
Sam Weller – BURN GORMAN
Jingle – JASPER BRITTON
Job Trotter – JOHN TAMS
Wardle – GAWN GRAINGER
Stiggins – JACK SHEPHERD
Tony Weller – MICHAEL JAYSTON
Perker Cabman – PHILIP VOSS
Joe Slumkey – AARON JOHNSON
Buzfuz – GERARD MURPHY
Mr Nupkins – PHILIP FOX
Mr Winkle Snr – PATRICK GODFREY
Bob Sawyer – GUY LANKESTER
Ben Allen – JONATHAN KEEBLE
Tommy Bardell – JOSEPH GRIT
Mrs Bardell – SUE JOHNSTON
Old Mrs Wardle – ANGELA PLEASENCE
Emily – KATIE FOSTER-BARNES
Arabella – LUCY DAVENPORT
Mary – RHIANNON OLIVER
Mrs Cluppins – LYNN MILLER
Rachael – JULIE LEGRAND
Susan Weller – LYNN FARLEIGH
COMPANY
Studio Manager – MARK SMITH
Editor – DAVID THOMAS
Associate Producer – LUCY MANGAN
Script Editor – CATHERINE WEARING
Music – JOHN TAMS
Director – JANE MORGAN
Executive Producer – EDWARD CROZIER
Producer – NICHOLAS NEWTON
A Promenade production for BBC Radio 4