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David Copperfield (1974)

David Copperfield poster
Genre
drama
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man grows up through hardship and adventure in Victorian England. He meets a cast of memorable characters along his journey.

classicbritishslow-pacedsereneliterarynostalgicformalmeasured

What happens

David Copperfield is a British six-part television serial of the 1850 novel by Charles Dickens adapted by Hugh Whitemore, directed by Joan Craft and first shown on BBC1 in weekly parts from 1 December 1974 to 5 January 1975. It was a co-production with Time-Life Television Productions. It is the earliest BBC adaptation to exist in its entirety. The 1956 adaptation is completely lost, whilst only four of the 1966 adaptation's episodes are known to exist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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