| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 01 | The Tuggses At Ramsgate | 19980901 | 20000906 | `The Tuggses at Ramsgate'. It seems that money cannot buy you love in the first of five comic stories from the pen of Charles Dickens. With Nicholas Farrell as the voice of Boz. With Christopher Hancock, Frances Jeater and Colleen Prendergast. Director Sally Avens. 1: `The Tuggses at Ramsgate'. It seems that money cannot buy you love in the first of five comic stories from the pen of Charles Dickens. With Nicholas Farrell as the voice of Boz. With Christopher Hancock, Frances Jeater and Colleen Prendergast. Director Sally Avens. . |
| 01 | 02 | The Bloomsbury Christening | 19980908 | 20000913 | `The Bloomsbury Christening'. In the second of Charles Dickens's five comic tales, the arrival of a bouncing baby boy is good news indeed - unless you are the miserable Nicodemus Dumps. With Nicholas Farrell, Geoffrey Whitehead and Charlie Simpson. Director Sally Avens |
| 01 | 03 | The Great Winglebury Duel | 19980915 | `The Great Winglebury Duel'. In the third of Charles Dickens's five comic tales, Mr Alexander Trott finds it possible to become bethrothed in the most trying of circumstances. With Nicholas Farrell, Peter Gunn, and Julia Deakin. Director Sally Avens | |
| 01 | 04 | The Private Theatricals Of Mrs Joseph Porter | 19980922 | 20000920 | `The Private Theatricals of Mrs Joseph Porter'. In the fourth of Charles Dickens's five comic tales, dramatised by Stephen Wyatt, the British love for amateur dramatics takes over a household - with farcical results. With Nicholas Farrell, Geoffrey Whitehead, Frances Jeater and David Antrobus. Director Sally Avens. Another comic tale by Charles Dickens. The British love for amateur dramatics takes over a household, with farcial results. With Nicholas Farrell, Geoffrey Whitehead and Frances Jeater. |
| 01 | 05 LAST | Mr Watkins Tottle | 19980929 | 20000927 | `Mr Watkins Tottle'. In the last of Charles Dickens's five comic tales, dramatised by Stephen Wyatt, all Mr Tottle wants is to enter the blessed state of matrimony - but the course of true love never did run smooth. With Nicholas Farrell, David Collings and John Hartley. Director Sally Avens. `Mr Watkins Tottle'. Charles Dickens's comic tales, dramatised by Stephen Wyatt. All Mr Tottle wants is to enter the blessed state of matrimony - but the course of true love never did run smooth. With Nicholas Farrell, David Collings and John Hartley. Director Sally Avens. |
| 02 | 01 | Love And Oysters | 19990705 | `Love and Oysters'. By Charles Dickens, dramatised by Stephen Wyatt. In a five-part series of comic stories about London life, David Calder stars as John Dounce, whose orderly life is disrupted on acquaintance with an oyster. With Nicholas Farrell and Samantha Spiro. Director Sally Avens. | |
| 02 | 02 | The Steam Excursion | 19990712 | Five comic stories about London life by Charles Dickens, dramatised by Stephen Wyatt. 2: `The Steam Excursion'. Mr Percy Noakes was a friend to all until the organisation of a river trip proved his undoing. With Nicholas Farrell, Marston Bloom and Shirley Dixon. Director Sally Avens | |
| 02 | 03 | Sentiment | 19990719 | Five comic stories about London life by Charles Dickens, dramatised by Stephen Wyatt. 3: `Sentiment'. The arrival of an MP's daughter at Miss Crumpton's finishing school seems a cause for celebration until a romantic attachment comes to light. With Nicholas Farrell, Jane Booker and Patience Tomlinson. Director Sally Avens. | |
| 02 | 04 | The Boarding House | 19990726 | Five comic stories about London life by Charles Dickens, dramatised by Stephen Wyatt. 4: `The Boarding House'. Imelda Staunton stars as Mrs Tibbs, the owner of a most respectable boarding house, until the arrival of a mysterious new lodger. With Nicholas Farrell, Annette Badland and Christopher Hancock. Director Sally Avens | |
| 02 | 05 LAST | Horatio Sparkins | 19990802 | Five comic stories about London life by Charles Dickens, dramatised by Stephen Wyatt. 5: `Horatio Sparkins'. The socially ambitious Maldertons are delighted when their unmarried daughter receives the attentions of the romantic Mr Sparkins. But who exactly is he? With Nicholas Farrell, David Haig and Julian Rhind Tutt. Director Sally Avens. |