Our Mutual Friend: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Our Mutual Friend is a British television serial broadcast in 1998 and adapted from Charles Dickens's novel Our Mutual Friend.

Having made his fortune from London's rubbish, a rich misanthropic miser dies - estranged from all except his faithful employees Mr and Mrs Boffin. By his will, his fortune goes to his estranged son John Harmon, who is to return from where he has settled abroad (putatively in South Africa, though this is never stated specifically) to claim it, on condition that he marries a woman he has never met, Miss Bella Wilfer. The implementation of the Will is in the charge of the solicitor, Mortimer Lightwood, who has no other practice...

Series details

• Title: Our Mutual Friend
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1998-03-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 1998-03-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 90 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11933
• IMDb ID: tt0144727
• TVDB ID: 84653

Cast and credited roles

• Paul McGann — Eugene Wrayburn
• David Bradley — Rogue Riderhood
• Dominic Mafham — Mortimer Lightwood
• Peter Vaughan — Mr. Boffin
• Pam Ferris — Mrs. Boffin
• Steven Mackintosh — John Harmon
• Keeley Hawes — Lizzie Hexam
• Timothy Spall — Mr. Venus
• Anna Friel — Bella Wilfer

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1998-03-09; final listed air date 1998-03-30; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Our Mutual Friend on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.