The Pickwick Papers Episode #1.8 (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV Episode | Drama

The Pickwick Papers

Episode #1.8 (Season 1, Episode 8)

TV Episode | Drama

The Pickwickians go to Dingley Dell for Christmas, and have a splendid party. Winkle falls for beautiful Arabella Allen. The next day subpoenas are given for the lawsuit against Pickwick and he discusses lawsuit strategy with his attorney.

Director

Brian Lighthill

Writers

Jack Davies (adaptation) | Charles Dickens (novel)

Producer

Barry Letts

Composer

Carl Davis

Production Designer

Myles Lang

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Updated Feb 24, 1985

Release date

Feb 24, 1985 (United Kingdom)

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20 cast members

Name	Known for
Nigel Stock Mr. Pickwick Mr. Pickwick See fewer	The Great Escape (1963)
Clive Swift Mr. Tupman Mr. Tupman See fewer	Excalibur (1981)
Jeremy Nicholas Mr. Winkle Mr. Winkle See fewer	Mog (1985)
Alan Parnaby Mr. Snodgrass Mr. Snodgrass See fewer	Flambards (1979)
Phil Daniels Sam Weller Sam Weller See fewer	Chicken Run (2000)
Colin Douglas Mr. Wardle Mr. Wardle See fewer	The Children of the New Forest (1964)
Patience Collier Old Mrs. Wardle Old Mrs. Wardle See fewer	Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Dione Inman Isabella Wardle Isabella Wardle See fewer	The Pickwick Papers (1985)
Valerie Whittington Emily Emily See fewer	The Meaning of Life (1983)
David Nunn Joe Joe See fewer	A Place to Hide (1976)
Milton Johns Mr. Perker Mr. Perker See fewer	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Paddy Ward Manservant Manservant See fewer	Waking Ned Devine (1998)
Hugh Ross Jackson Jackson See fewer	Nightbreed (1990)
John Woodnutt Sergeant Snubbin Sergeant Snubbin See fewer	Lifeforce (1985)
Nic Jeune Trundle (as Nicholas Jeune) Trundle (as Nicholas Jeune) See fewer	Sixteen (I) (2013)
Sarah Finch Arabella Allen Arabella Allen See fewer	Man Dancin' (2003)
David Beckett Benjamin Allen Benjamin Allen See fewer	Lifeforce (1985)
Stephen Finlay Bob Sawyer Bob Sawyer See fewer	A.D. (1985)
Michael Ripper Phunkey Phunkey See fewer	The Mummy (1959)
Ray Brooks Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)