First broadcast 12th October 1976.
During his tour of the United States, Charles Dickens meets Commissioner Wentworth and takes exception to New York city's jail, known as The Tombs. He recalls when, as a boy of 12, his own father was jailed for 9 months without any evidence.
Roy Dotrice - Charles Dickens / Mr. John Dickens
Diana Coupland - Mrs. Dickens
Simon Bell - Charles Dickens as a Boy
Paul Lavers - James Lamert
George Waring - Huffam
Anthony Douse - Thomas Gregory
Paul Nelson - Bob Fagin
Peter-Hugo Daly - Tiny Tucker
John Fowler - Poll Green
Raymond Boal - Bill Smelly
Declan Mulholland - Huge Man
Lynsey Baxter - Orfling
Pheona McLellan - Fanny Dickens as a Child
Claire McLellan - Letitia Dickens
Peter Welch - Captain Porter
Christine Shaw - Captain Porter's Lady
Philip Newman - Turnkey
Madoline Thomas - Grandmother Dickens
Charles Pemberton - Uncle William
Leonard Kavanagh - Gentleman Messenger
John F. Landry - Dolby
Dudley Jones - La Salle
David Healy - Commissioner Wentworth
During his tour of the United States, Charles Dickens meets Commissioner Wentworth and takes exception to New York city's jail, known as The Tombs. He recalls when, as a boy of 12, his own father was jailed for 9 months without any evidence.
Roy Dotrice - Charles Dickens / Mr. John Dickens
Diana Coupland - Mrs. Dickens
Simon Bell - Charles Dickens as a Boy
Paul Lavers - James Lamert
George Waring - Huffam
Anthony Douse - Thomas Gregory
Paul Nelson - Bob Fagin
Peter-Hugo Daly - Tiny Tucker
John Fowler - Poll Green
Raymond Boal - Bill Smelly
Declan Mulholland - Huge Man
Lynsey Baxter - Orfling
Pheona McLellan - Fanny Dickens as a Child
Claire McLellan - Letitia Dickens
Peter Welch - Captain Porter
Christine Shaw - Captain Porter's Lady
Philip Newman - Turnkey
Madoline Thomas - Grandmother Dickens
Charles Pemberton - Uncle William
Leonard Kavanagh - Gentleman Messenger
John F. Landry - Dolby
Dudley Jones - La Salle
David Healy - Commissioner Wentworth
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