Nicholas Nickleby (1968)
Synopsis
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
First Air Date: 1968-02-11
Last Air Date: 1968-05-05
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 13
Created By: Campbell Logan
Networks: BBC One
Top Cast
- Martin Jarvis as Nicholas Nickleby
- Susan Brodrick as Kate Nickleby
- Hugh Walters as Smike
- Derek Francis as Ralph Nickleby
- Gordon Gostelow as Newman Noggs
- Thea Holme as Mrs. Nickleby
- Ronald Radd as Wackford Squeers
- Thelma Ruby as Madame Mantalini
- Maxwell Shaw as Mr. Mantalini
- Terence Alexander as Sir Mulberry Hawk
Seasons
Season 1 (1968)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Fine Beginnings
Nicholas and his sister Kate arrive penniless and jobless in London after the death of their father. Nicholas has an important encounter with Newman Noggs.
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Ep. 2: Dotheboys Hall
Nicholas has been found employment by his Uncle Ralph at Dotheboys Hall, an academy for boys owned by the drunken and brutal Wackford Squeers.
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Ep. 3: The Escape
Nicholas is appalled to find that Squeers is being cruel to the crippled boy Smike and makes plans to escape. Nicholas and Smike set out to London.
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Ep. 4: The Dinner Party
Kate is invited to dinner by Uncle Ralph, where she suffers from unwanted attention. On his arrival in London, Nicholas is informed of an accusation against him.
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Ep. 5: The Profession
Nicholas refuses to restore Smike to Squeers' cruelties, so the duo leave London and find employment with Vincent Crummles and his company of strolling players.
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Ep. 6: The Gallants
Kate is still hounded by the unwanted affections of Sir Mulberry Hawk and Lord Verisopht. Nicholas and Smike prepare to take to the stage.
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Ep. 7: Account Rendered
Nicholas and Smike decide to return to London after Nicholas receives a letter from Newman Noggs concerned about Uncle Ralph’s treatment of Kate.
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Ep. 8: Captured
Nicholas finds employment with the kindly Cheeryble brothers while Smike is in for a shock after Squeers arrives in London and begins plotting with Ralph.
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Ep. 9: Escape
Smike gets captured by Squeers but help is soon at hand from John and Tilda. Meanwhile, Nicholas is directed by the Cheerybles to meet Madeleine Bray.
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Ep. 10: Madeline Bray
Unknown to Madeline, Ralph and Gride have come upon some important information about her. Meanwhile, Smike falls ill after escaping from Squeers.
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Ep. 11: The Duel
It’s pistols at dawn as a duel to the death takes place, and Nicholas interrupts the marriage of his beloved with equally tragic consequences.
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Ep. 12: A Journey for Smike
Ralph and Squeers conspire one final time to steal Madeline’s inheritance papers as Smike takes a turn for the worse.
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Ep. 13: Smike's Father
Noggs and Cheeryble come to Nicholas’s and Madeline’s aid as Squeers and Ralph finally get their comeuppance and the secret of Smike's parentage is revealed.
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