Derek Jacobi gambling away his soul while Toby Jones chews scenery like a Dickensian goblin.
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Acting
Toby Jones's Quilp is pure nightmare fuel in a top hat
Production
Dusty shop practically wheezes with authentic grime
Costume
Quilp's grotesque silhouettes deserve their own exhibit
Director
Brian Percival
Derek Jacobi
Grandfather
Toby Jones
Daniel Qulip
Anna Madeley
Betsy Qulip
Adam Godley
Samson Brass
Gina McKee
Sally Brass
Sophie Vavasseur
Nell Trent
Adrian Rawlins
Jacob
Bryan Dick
Freddie Trent
Zoë Wanamaker
Mrs. Jarley
Martin Freeman
Mr. Codlin
Steve Pemberton
Mr. Short
George MacKay
Kit
Bradley Walsh
Mr. Liggers
Charlene McKenna
The Marchioness
Jonathan Coy
Rev. Pratchett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Derek Jacobi had already played Grandfather in a 1979 miniseries—this was his grim reunion tour.
Dickens's original readers famously rioted at Nell's death; this adaptation can't quite recreate that mass hysteria.
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