The Way We Live Now: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in the railway boom of the 1870s, The Way We Live Now captures the turmoil as the old order is swept aside by the brash new forces of business and finance. It contains all the elements that made Trollope the most popular novelist of his day - the trials and tribulations of young love, the enduring values of honourable men; but also the raw energy and excitement of the most powerful city the world had ever seen, and the greed and corruption that lay just below its glittering surface. It is packed with incident - elopement, scandal, suicide, fortunes made and lost, love lost and won.

Series details

• Title: The Way We Live Now
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2001-11-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 2001-12-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 75 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 4067

Cast and credited roles

• David Suchet — Augustus Melmotte
• Matthew Macfadyen — Sir Felix Carbury
• Cillian Murphy — Paul Montague
• Paloma Baeza — Hetta Carbury
• Cheryl Campbell — Lady Carbury
• Richard Cant — Dolly Longestaffe
• Shirley Henderson — Marie Melmotte
• Angus Wright — Miles Grendall

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-11-11; final listed air date 2001-12-02; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Way We Live Now 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.