The classic David Copperfield was not just Charles Dickens’ favorite work. It has been the most popular of his books since it was first published 150 years ago. Micawber, Peggotty, Betsey Trotwood, Uriah Heep, Mr. Creakle, Mrs. Crupp, and Mr. Dick… never were so many of Dickens’ famous and vest-loved characters gathered together in just one of his works.
They are all brought to life by a world-class cast including Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone), Oscar-winner Maggie Smith (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie), Bob Hoskins (Hook), Nicholas Lyndhurst (Bullshot) and Pauline Quirke (The Elephant Man) in this sparkling adaptation.
The most autobiographical of Dickens’ work, David Copperfield often echoes the writer’s own life. It tells a moving story of David’s journey from birth to maturity, a journey which inextricably links his life with some of Dickens’ most colorful and extraordinary families. David Copperfield was a co-production of the BBC and WGBH Boston.
Shown on PBS Masterpiece Theatre.
Note: David Copperfield covers a huge time span, from late [Georgian and Regency](http://www.willowandthatch.com/period-films-to-watch/period-dramas-georgian-regency-eras/) to early Victorian years, from 1812 (Dickens’s birth year) to 1846 (David Copperfield’s marriage to Agnes and the birth of their first child).