Sandy Welch
Director
Our Mutual Friend (1998)
Miniseries
After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to avoid the marriage and the threats on his life. He returns as John Rokesmith and becomes the secretary for the Boffins, who inherit Harmon's estate following his alleged death.
Released March 9, 1998
Episode 90 min
None+
Genres: Drama
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Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
9.0
S1E1 - Episode 1
A body pulled from the Thames is identified as young John Harmon, heir to a fortune made in dust-contracting. Bella Wilfer, his wife-to-be by terms of old Harmon's will, goes into mourning though she has never met her fiancé.
March 9, 1998, midnight
9.0
S1E2 - Episode 2
Lizzie Hexam, daughter of the corpse robber who found young Harmon's alleged body, is being courted by two desperate characters: Eugene Wrayburn, a dissolute barrister, and Bradley Headstone, a mentally-deranged schoolmaster.
March 16, 1998, midnight
9.0
S1E3 - Episode 3
As the rivalry over who will take Lizzie's hand in marriage intensifies, Lizzie flees. Meanwhile, the once-kindly Mr. Boffin has become a tyrant to Rokesmith, who evokes the sympathy of the formerly haughty Bella.
March 23, 1998, midnight
9.0
S1E4 - Episode 4
Harmon is planning to claim his dust fortune from the Boffins, who have been playing villains to test Bella's true character. Meanwhile, Eugene has a brush with death via Headstone and decides to do the honorable thing with Lizzie.
March 30, 1998, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 90 min.
Season Runtime: 360 min.
Released: March 9, 1998
Last Air Date: March 30, 1998, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: PG
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