Sir Leicester dashes Frances' hopes when he tells her he is smitten with her sister instead. Inspector Bucket scours Marley's ledger for clues. Edward puts up his house as collateral for a loan from Scrooge. Compeyson insinuates himself with Captain Hawdon to get closer to Honoria and Amelia. Jaggers tells Inspector Bucket that Marley had wanted to leave his partnership with Scrooge.Īs the new year arrives with the chimes of midnight, Arthur, drunk, stumbles into Sikes, who pickpockets his watch and wallet, selling them to Fagin. Arthur joins Amelia for the grand New Year's reception but Compeyson intrudes, icily snubbing Amelia. Sir Leicester is enthralled by Honoria at first sight. Jaggers informs Arthur of a codicil decreeing that, should he act antagonistic to the business, his inheritance will be forfeit. Frances runs into Sir Leicester, country neighbour to her ex-fiancé, but admits over tea that she fibbed to her family about breaking off the engagement (it was he who did). Nancy tells Inspector Bucket that her bruised face is because of Marley and she too eagerly offers an alibi for Sikes. Fagin, it's revealed, is in possession of Marley's wallet. Honoria learns of her family's dire financial straits. Arthur procures a loan from Scrooge to pay Compeyson. Mr Venus tells Inspector Bucket that the wood from Marley's wound doesn't come from Sikes' cosh Sikes is released. Amelia beseeches Arthur to come home but he resentfully refuses because she will not renounce their father's will. Frances destroys a note for Captain Hawdon that would have seen him receive a promotion to Major, elevating him and her sister. Compeyson presses Arthur for money in order to better impersonate a man of means when he next sees Amelia. Compeyson tells Arthur that, after Amelia showed him the door, he is now determined to financially ruin her.īill Sikes is taken into custody after Inspector Bucket finds a wooden cosh on his premises. Frances learns of her sister Honoria's secret romance with Captain Hawdon. Peter Cratchit gives Nell a present that is also a token of his affection. Amelia rejects Compeyson's proposal to act as a peaceful intermediary in her dispute with Arthur. Inspector Bucket discovers that Marley's wallet is missing and that he had last had an appointment with someone noted only as "C". Edward Barbary will not tell daughter Honoria of their financial troubles. Mr Venus examines (and identifies) Marley's body for Inspector Bucket, and finds a piece of wood in the dead man's head wound. Marley is found murdered in a dockside alley.Ĭhristmas Day.
Bob Cratchit scrounges together a supper for his family. At Marley's request, Fagin has Sikes bring Nancy to the moneylender's house. Amelia Havisham learns from Mr Jaggers that she has inherited most of her late father's estate her brother Arthur, angered by the news, stages a confrontation that his accomplice, Meriwether Compeyson, acting the innocent passerby, curtails before escorting Amelia to Satis House. Jacob Marley collects from Grandfather, who is soon relieved at Nell's recovery from an illness. The cast includes the following: CharacterĬhristmas Eve. In April 2016, the BBC confirmed that they had cancelled the show after one series. Red Planet Pictures's Alex Jones vowed to lobby HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to relax the tax-relief rules for Dickensian tax relief is only given for dramas longer than 30 minutes and each episode of Dickensian lasts 30 minutes.
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The executive producers are Polly Hill and Tony Jordan, and the production company behind the series is Red Planet Pictures. 4 References to other Dickens characters and worksĭickensian was commissioned by Danny Cohen and Ben Stephenson.
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