Screenplay:
Hugh LeonardCast:
Freddie Jones, Ray Burdis, Pauline Moran, Patricia Routledge, Nigel Havers, Hilary Mason, Maureen Morris, Robert James, Joolia Cappleman, Preston Lockwood (more)Plots(1)
Nigel Havers stars as the young Nicholas Nickleby in the BBC's triumphant adaptations of one of Charles Dickens' most celebrated novels.
Upon the death of his father Nicholas, along with his mother and sister, finds himself destitute and at the mercy of his stern Uncle Ralph. Ralph cruelly dispatches his niece to a dressmaking establishment, while Nicholas is sent to a vile and oppressive boarding school for unwanted and unloved children run by the sadistic Wackford Squeers.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Freddie Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/159/117159952_fa26cf.jpg)
Freddie Jones
UK
Best series:
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986) (series)
Hale and Pace (1988) (series)
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) (series)
Ray Burdis
UK
Best series:
The Professionals (1977) (series)
Manchild (2002) (series)
![Pauline Moran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273899_6488d0.jpg)
Pauline Moran
UK
Best series:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Patricia Routledge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/384/161384868_6d2d1f.jpg)
Patricia Routledge
UK
Best series:
Keeping Up Appearances (1990) (series)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
![Nigel Havers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/620/162620376_7b8ac8.jpg)
Nigel Havers
UK
Best series:
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
All Creatures Great and Small (2020) (series)
The Gentlemen (2024) (series)
![Hilary Mason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/110/160110828_96d20c.jpg)
Hilary Mason
UK
Best series:
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Maureen Morris
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
The Brittas Empire (1991) (series)
Inspector Morse (1987) (series)
Robert James
UK
Best series:
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Jane Eyre (1983) (series)
Joolia Cappleman
Best series:
Blackadder (1983) (series)
Jane Eyre (1983) (series)
One Foot in the Grave (1990) (series)
![Preston Lockwood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/088/160088237_7631aa.jpg)
Preston Lockwood
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) (series)
Keeping Up Appearances (1990) (series)
Denis Gilmore
UK
Best series:
The Day of the Triffids (1981) (series)
Disneyland (1954) (series)
![Liz Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/312/160312699_ddeee3.jpg)
Liz Smith
UK
Best series:
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987) (series)
The Vicar of Dibley (1994) (series)
Between the Sheets (2003) (series)
David Griffin
UK
Best series:
'Allo 'Allo! (1982) (series)
Keeping Up Appearances (1990) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Gretchen Franklin
UK
Best series:
Blackadder (1983) (series)
Keeping Up Appearances (1990) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Derek Godfrey
UK
Best series:
The Professionals (1977) (series)
The Avengers (1961) (series)
Catweazle (1970) (series)
![Tony Sympson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/344/161344854_1575b7.jpg)
Tony Sympson
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Are You Being Served? (1972) (series)
The Benny Hill Show (1969) (series)
![Isabelle Amyes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/360/161360342_20c76a.jpg)
Isabelle Amyes
UK
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
The Famous Five (1995) (series)
The Bill (1984) (series)
![Raymond Mason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/360/161360946_5bd419.jpg)
Raymond Mason
UK
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Fawlty Towers (1975) (series)
Brideshead Revisited (1981) (series)
![Edward Burnham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/384/161384883_1de3ca.jpg)
Edward Burnham
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Black Books (2000) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Raymond Young
UK
Best series:
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) (series)
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969) (series)