Amid the brutality of industrialised England, Dickens used his fame to change society. But his private life was troubled.
Mary Downes
Director
Peter Ackroyd
Self — Presenter
Anton Lesser
Charles Dickens
Miriam Margolyes
Catherine Dickens
Kenneth Cranham
John Forster
Helen McCrory
Kate Dickens
Geoffrey Palmer
Thackeray
Jack Davenport
Charley Dickens
Lucy Davenport
Mary Hogarth
Rachel Swann
Young Catherine
Peter Mair
Panto Dame
Harry Ditson
American Journalist
Sonia Ritter
Former Prostitute
Sophie Duval
Actress