David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
Screenplay by Adrian Hodges
Directed by Simon Curtis
Produced by Kate Harwood
BBC One
Words by Ian McKellen
First broadcast in the UK 25 December 1999
In the US 16-17 April 2000
Principal Cast
(in order of appearance)
| Narrator | . . . . | Tom Wilkinson |
| Clara Copperfield |
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Emilia Fox |
| Peggotty |
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Pauline Quirk |
| Betsey Trotwood |  |
Maggie Smith |
| Dr Chillip | . . . . | John Normington |
| Young David Copperfield |  |
Daniel Radcliffe |
| Edward Murdstone |  |
Trevor Eve |
| Barkis |  |
Michael Elphick |
| Ham Peggotty |  |
James Thornton |
| Dan Peggotty |  |
Alun Armstrong |
| Mrs Gummidge |  |
Patsy Byrne |
| Little Emily |  |
Laura Harling |
| Jane Murdstone |  |
Zoë Wanamaker |
| Tungay |  |
Karl Johnson |
| Mr Creakle |  |
Ian McKellen |
| Young Steerforth |  |
Harry Lloyd |
| Wilkins Micawber |  |
Bob Hoskins |
| Mrs Micawber |  |
Imelda Staunton |
| Pawnbroker |  |
Paul Whitehouse |
| Janet | . . . . | Emily McKenzie |
| Mr Dick |  |
Ian McNeice |
| Uriah Heep |  |
Nicholas Lyndhurst |
| Mr Wickfield |  |
Oliver Ford Davies |
| Young Agnes | . . . . | Antonia Corigan |
| Agnes Wickfield |  |
Amanda Ryan |
| David Copperfield |  |
Ciarán McMenamin |
| Mr Spenlow |  |
James Grout |
| Mrs Crupp |  |
Dawn French |
| Dora Spenlow |  |
Joanna Page |
| Julia Mills |  |
Clare Wilkie |
| James Steerforth |  |
Oliver Milburn |
| Mrs Steerforth |  |
Cherie Lunghi |
| Rosa Dartle |  |
Clare Holman |
| Littimer | . . . . | Kenneth MacDonald |
| Emily | |
Aislín McGuckin |
| Mrs Heep |  |
Thelma Barlow |
| Doctor | . . . . | Richard Howard |
Production Credits |
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| Executive Producer | . . . . | Cherry Gould |
| Production Designer | . . . . | Roger Cann |
| Costume Designer | . . . . | Mike O'Neill |
| Makeup Designer | . . . . | Caroline Noble |
| Sound Recordist | . . . . | John Taylor |
| Editor | . . . . | Philip Kloss |
| Composer | . . . . | Rob Lane |
| Associate Producer | . . . . | Katrine Dudley |
| Executive Producer | . . . . | Jane Tranter |
