Dickens creates his greatest works in the last decade of his life. But success comes at a price as he embarks on a complex double life.
Chris Granlund
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
Natasha Little
Ellen Ternan
Avril Ellis
Frances Ternan
Christopher Ettridge
John Byrne
Phyllis Logan
Georgina Hogarth
Robin Soans
George Reynolds