Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in 1860s London.
WritersCharles Dickens, Freda Lingstrom
Episode 1
Nov 7, 1958
A waterman, rowing with his daughter on the Thames in search of plunder, discovers the body of a man who had been brutally assaulted before being drowned. Who is the man?
Episode 2
Nov 14, 1958
Society takes a hand and Gaffer Hexam, the waterman who discovered the body, is suspected of murder.
Episode 3
Nov 21, 1958
Noddy Boffin, the ‘Golden Dustman', engages a secretary while the Wilfers decide to take a lodger and Bella is adopted.
Episode 4
Nov 28, 1958
Roger ‘Rogue' Riderhood claims a reward for information and Silas Wegg proposes a friendly move.
Episode 5
Dec 5, 1958
Charley Hexam takes a brother's interest in Lizzie; Bella takes her father, the ‘cherub', out to dinner.
Episode 6
Dec 12, 1958
Riderhood meets a stranger; Lizzie receives a proposal; and a terrified Betty Higden runs away.
Episode 7
Dec 19, 1958
The Wilfers celebrate their wedding anniversary as Noddy shows another side to his character.
Episode 8
Dec 26, 1958
Noddy becomes a partner in the friendly move and learns that Wegg has found an important document.
Episode 9
Jan 2, 1959
Bella expresses indignation while Riderhood and Headstone come to an agreement.
Episode 10
Jan 9, 1959
Noddy's nose is to be laid on the grindstone; Bella and her father keep an appointment; and Eugene Wrayburn comes to grief.
Episode 11
Jan 16, 1959
Mr Fledgeby gets his just desserts. Rokesmith meets Mortimer Lightwood and is accused of the murder of John Harmon.
Episode 12
Jan 23, 1959
Boffin becomes himself while Riderhood and Headstone meet for the last time, with tragic results.
