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TV series / 1997
A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence that aired on Channel 4 in 1997. The series is a sharp, comic portrait of upper-class and bohemian England, spanning almost a century, from the early 1920s to modern times.
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A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence that aired on Channel 4 in 1997. The series is a sharp, comic portrait of upper-class and bohemian England, spanning almost a century, from the early 1920s to modern times.
Cast
Simon Russell BealeWidmerpool
James PurefoyNicholas Jenkins
James FleetMoreland
Jonathan CakePeter Templer
Paul RhysCharles Stringham
Claire SkinnerJean
Miranda RichardsonPamela Flitton
Adrian ScarboroughJG Quiggin
Edward FoxUncle Giles
John StandingNicholas Jenkins (older)
Gillian BargeMrs Erdleigh
Annabel MullionMona
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Oliver Ford DaviesLe Bas
Robin BaileyUncle Alfred
Nicholas JonesBob Duport
Nigel LindsayOdo Stevens
Nicholas RoweDavid Pennistone
Michael WilliamsTed Jeavons
Sarah BadelLady Molly
Zoë WanamakerAudrey Maclintick
Harriet WalterMildred
Caroline HarkerPriscilla
Eileen AtkinsBrightman
James CallisGwinnett
Paul BrookeMaclintick
James D'ArcyNicholas Jenkins (student)
Alan BennettSillery
Joanna DavidIsobel (older)
Emma FieldingIsobel
John GielgudSt. John Clarke
Frank MiddlemassEdgar Deacon
Chris LangChips Lovell
Richard PascoSir Magnus Donners
Patrick GodfreyGeneral Conyers
Tony OsobaColonel Flores
Nicola WalkerGypsy Jones
Emily MortimerPolly Duport
Robert PughBiggs
Lucy FlemingJean (older)
Julian WadhamGeneral Liddament
Jamie GloverRobert Tolland
Andrew HavillSunny Farebrother
Grant ThatcherMark Members
Colin BakerCanon Fenneau
Mark DexterTompsitt
Richard LeafBarnabas Henderson
Carmen du SautoyMiss Weedon
Amanda WalkerMrs. Conyers
Kate CavanaghBillson
Anastasia HilleMatilda
James VilliersBuster Foxe
Danny WortersNicholas Jenkins (boy)
Geraldine AlexanderSusan
Osmund BullockErridge
Sarah CrowdenMiss Orchard
Barbara DurkinBetty
Nicola KingMrs Jenkins
David YellandMr Jenkins
David MacCreedyBracey
Bryan PringleSmith
Michael WadeDr Brandreth
Tim WyltonAlbert
Rohan McCulloughFlavia Wisebite
Kevin ColsonLouis Glober
Jeremy ChildRoddy Cutts
Matthew SimScorpio Murtlock
Bobby WebsterTempler (student)
Amy SimcockJean (student)
Luke de LaceyStringham (student)
Rupert WickhamJimmy Stripling
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