“Martin Chuzzlewit is a wealthy old man. But who will inherit his riches?”
Old Martin Chuzzlewit is nearing his death. Who will inherit his riches? With such a prize to play for, the Chuzzlewit family bring forth all of their cunning, greed and selfishness.
1 season · 6 episodes
Old Martin Chuzzlewit is nearing his death. Who will inherit his riches? With such a prize to play for, the Chuzzlewit family bring forth all of their cunning, greed and selfishness.
S1 E1Episode 1
Nov 7, 199484 min
Old Martin Chuzzlewit travelling in Wiltshire with his companion Mary Graham, is suddenly taken ill. Lying at the Blue Dragon Inn, he finds himself surrounded by grasping relatives anxious to inherit his money. They have learnt that his gra
S1 E2Episode 2
Nov 14, 199452 min
Seth Pecksniff returns to Wiltshire to carry out Old Martin Chuzzlewit's orders. Young Martin is expelled from his position and resolves to seek his fortune in America, a country which he thinks will need young architects. Mark Tapley from
S1 E3Episode 3
Nov 21, 199455 min
Jonas Chuzzlewit gives his father a lavish funeral, then, encouraged by Pecksniff returns with him to Wiltshire to pay further attention to Charity. Anthony's ancient clerk, Mr Chuffey, is left in the care of Mrs Gamp, a "specialist nurse".
S1 E4Episode 4
Nov 28, 199453 min
Jonas seeks to insure the life of the new Mrs Chuzzlewit, (Mercy) and meets Montague Tigg who has undergone a transformation to become the director of the fraudulent Anglo-Bengalee Disinterested Loan Company, and changed his name to Tigg Mo
S1 E5Episode 5
Dec 5, 199453 min
On arriving in London, Tom Pinch accidentally meets Mercy and is shocked to see how much she has changed since her marriage. Jonas however is also fear-ridden, as Tigg Montague's investigations have disclosed some damning information about
S1 E6Episode 6
Dec 12, 199453 min
Final episode of the adaptation of the Dicken's novel. Jonas is still hounded by Montague Tigg. He constructs an elaborate alibi before travelling to Wiltshire and under cover of darkness, he waylays Tigg and murders him. Back in London, Jo
Paul Scofield
Old Martin Chuzzlewit / Anthony Chuzzlewit
Keith Allen
Jonas Chuzzlewit
Tom Wilkinson
Seth Pecksniff
Emma Chambers
Charity Pecksniff
Philip Franks
Tom Pinch
Pauline Turner
Mary Graham
Julia Sawalha
Mercy Pecksniff
Peter Wingfield
John Westlock
Paul Francis
Benjamin Bailey
Pete Postlethwaite
Montague Tigg
Steve Nicolson
Mark Tapley
Ben Walden
Young Martin
