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Like a fine gourmet meal, the BBC’s 1999 adaptation of David Copperfield has something to suit every taste: a well-paced screenplay that keeps the tale bowling along without losing the delights of some of Dickens’ most sparkling dialogue; a rich gallery of characters; and a cast which features many of Britain’s favourite actors. There is, of course, plenty of high comedy but some very tight direction checks any tendencies to over-ripe performance. The whole production is tightly integrated: from David’s idyllic, if cloistered, childhood with his beloved mother and their devoted servant Peggotty, through the shattering arrival of a sadistic step father, rescue by his eccentric Aunt Betsey Trotwood, and a journey into maturity where his very innocence makes him the unwitting agent of tragedy before all is resolved.
Like a fine gourmet meal, the BBC’s 1999 adaptation of David Copperfield has something to suit every taste: a well-paced screenplay that keeps the tale bowling along without losing the delights of some of Dickens’ most sparkling dialogue; a rich gallery of characters; and a cast which features many of Britain’s favourite actors. There is, of course, plenty of high comedy but some very tight direction checks any tendencies to over-ripe performance. The whole production is tightly integrated: from David’s idyllic, if cloistered, childhood with his beloved mother and their devoted servant Peggotty, through the shattering arrival of a sadistic step father, rescue by his eccentric Aunt Betsey Trotwood, and a journey into maturity where his very innocence makes him the unwitting agent of tragedy before all is resolved.
Ciaran McMenamin is the mature David, his youthful face increasingly clouded by the gathering of experience. Trevor Eve oozes evil as his stepfather Mr Murdstone, ultimately neutralised by Maggie Smith’s Aunt Betsey, a comic performance of true genius that gives frequent flashes of the vulnerable human being beneath. In other inspired pieces of casting, Nicholas Lyndhurst’s incubus-like Uriah Heep haunts every scene he’s in and Pauline Quirke’s Peggotty exudes the motherly warmth that sustains David during his darkest moments. Three hours of classic drama heaven.
On the DVD: the disc is presented with a Dolby Digital Stereo soundtrack and 16:9 picture format, reproducing the original high quality of its first television transmission. The three-hour production is beautifully lit, with carefully chosen locations adding to the authentic "Dickensian" atmosphere. A short "making of" documentary is largely based around the likeable Pauline Quirke’s experiences of playing Peggotty and generally leaves you wanting to know more about the conception and processes of the production. As an audio extra, there is 30 minutes of Rob Lane’s original music presented in Dolby Digital 5.1. --Piers Ford
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The classic BBC adaptation, which traces the life of David Copperfield from birth and a pleasant unbringing through hardship and adventure to his days as a successful novelist.
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