David Copperfield

About David Copperfield

Overview

David Copperfield is a two-part BBC television drama adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1850 novel of the same name, written by Adrian Hodges. The first part was shown on Christmas Day 1999 and the second part the following day. The production is the acting debut of Daniel Radcliffe, who would later rise to stardom as the title character of the Harry Potter film series, where he would collaborate with his David Copperfield co-stars Maggie Smith, Zoë Wanamaker, Imelda Staunton, Dawn French and Paul Whitehouse. The series was co-produced by BBC America and Boston television station WGBH, and first aired on American television in April 2000, as a feature in the PBS series Masterpiece. It won a Peabody Award in 2000. Production The original adaptation was written by John Sullivan, the writer of BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, and would have emphasised the comic aspects of Dickens' novel. The plan was to reunite former stars David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst on-screen, with Jason playing Wilkins Micawber and Lyndhurst in the role of Uriah Heep.

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Notable quotes

“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.”
— Chapter 1.
“[A] loving heart was better and stronger than wisdom...”
— Chapter 9. Often quoted as "A loving heart is the truest wisdom".
“"Never," said my aunt, "be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you."”
— Chapter 15.
“He is quite a good fellow - nobody's enemy but his own.”
— Chapter 25.
“Let sleeping dogs lie — who wants to rouse 'em?”
— Chapter 39.
“"The labour is so pleasant,"said Agnes,"that it is scarcely grateful in me to call it by that name."”
— Chapter 60.

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