
Anthony Trollope’s epic tale of Victorian power and corruption, set in the 1870s. Within weeks of his arrival in London, financier Augustus Melmotte announces a railway is to be built from Salt Lake City to the Gulf of Mexico and entices distinguished members of England's land-rich, cash-poor aristocracy into his web. Many are eager to sell their ailing land parcels to afford moving to London proper and naïve speculators are all lured in with promises of an instant fortune.
First Aired: 11/11/2001
Languages: English
Type: Miniseries
Companies: BBC

Paul Montague

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

Tony Britton
Lord Alfred Grendall

Douglas Hodge
Roger Carbury

David Bradley
Mr Broune

Miranda Otto
Mrs Hurtle

Allan Corduner
Croll
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