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Our Mutual Friend

7.8

SeriesDrama19981 Season

Love in a city where class governs all

After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to avoid the marriage and the threats on his life. He returns as John Rokesmith and becomes the secretary for the Boffins, who inherit Harmon's estate following his alleged death.

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  1. 1Episode 1Mar 9, 1998 · 90m · ★ 9.0A body pulled from the Thames is identified as young John Harmon, heir to a fortune made in dust-contracting. Bella Wilfer, his wife-to-be by terms of old Harmon's will, goes into mourning though she has never met her fiancé.
  2. 2Episode 2Mar 16, 1998 · 90m · ★ 9.0Lizzie Hexam, daughter of the corpse robber who found young Harmon's alleged body, is being courted by two desperate characters: Eugene Wrayburn, a dissolute barrister, and Bradley Headstone, a mentally-deranged schoolmaster.
  3. 3Episode 3Mar 23, 1998 · 90m · ★ 9.0As the rivalry over who will take Lizzie's hand in marriage intensifies, Lizzie flees. Meanwhile, the once-kindly Mr. Boffin has become a tyrant to Rokesmith, who evokes the sympathy of the formerly haughty Bella.
  4. 4Episode 4Mar 30, 1998 · 90m · ★ 9.0Harmon is planning to claim his dust fortune from the Boffins, who have been playing villains to test Bella's true character. Meanwhile, Eugene has a brush with death via Headstone and decides to do the honorable thing with Lizzie.
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After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to avoid the marriage and the threats on his life. He returns as John Rokesmith and becomes the secretary for the Boffins, who inherit Harmon's estate following his alleged death.

Created by
Sandy Welch
Genres
Drama
Status
Ended
First aired
March 9, 1998
Last aired
March 30, 1998
Seasons
1
Episodes
4
Episode length
1h 30m
Language
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Networks
BBC Two
Production
BBC
  • Steven MackintoshJohn Harmon / John Rokesmith
  • Anna FrielBella Harmon / Bella Wilfer
  • Peter VaughanNicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin
  • Pam FerrisHenrietta Boffin
  • Keeley HawesElizabeth 'Lexie' Hexam
  • Dominic MafhamMortimer Lightwood
  • Paul McGannEugene Wrayburn
  • Kenneth CranhamSilas Wegg
  • Timothy SpallMr Venus
  • Anthony CalfAlfred Lammle
  • Doon MackichanSophronia Lammle

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