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David Copperfield
is a British six-part television serial of the
1850 novel
by
Charles Dickens
adapted by
Hugh Whitemore
, directed by Joan Craft and first shown on
BBC 1
in weekly parts from 1 December 1974 to 5 January 1975.
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It was a co-production with
Time-Life Television Productions
.
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It is the earliest BBC adaptation to exist in its entirety. The
1956 adaptation
is completely lost, whilst only four of the
1966 adaptation's
episodes are known to exist.
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Critical reception
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This version was generally well received.
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In
Clive James
review for
The Observer
he wrote: "
David Copperfield
is as good as everybody says. Steerforth's flaw is well conveyed by Anthony Andrews, and Uriah Heep, played by Martin Jarvis, is a miracle of unction: to hear him talk is like stepping on a toad long dead. But Arthur Lowe's Micawber is better than anything. He follows
W. C. Fields
in certain respects, but is graciously spoken; and his gestures are as delicate as
Oliver Hardy
's. Not that his performance is eclectic - it is a subtle unity like everything he attempts."
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