David Copperfield (1999 film)
David Copperfield is a two-part BBC television drama adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1850 novel of the same name, written by Adrian Hodges. The first part was shown on Christmas Day 1999 and the second part the following day.
| David Copperfield | |
|---|---|
DVD cover | |
| Written by | Adrian Hodges (from the novel by Charles Dickens) |
| Directed by | Simon Curtis |
| Starring | Daniel Radcliffe Ciarán McMenamin Maggie Smith Pauline Quirke Alun Armstrong Trevor Eve Bob Hoskins Zoë Wanamaker Emilia Fox Oliver Ford Davies Nicholas Lyndhurst Imelda Staunton Ian McNeice Ian McKellen Michael Elphick Dawn French |
| Composer | Rob Lane |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jane Tranter Rebecca Eaton |
| Producer | Kate Harwood |
| Running time | 185 minutes |
| Production company | WGBH productions for the BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 25 December – 26 December 1999 |
The production is the acting debut of Daniel Radcliffe, who later rose to stardom as the title character of the Harry Potter film series, where he collaborated with his David Copperfield co-stars Maggie Smith, Zoë Wanamaker, Imelda Staunton, Dawn French and Paul Whitehouse.
The series was co-produced by BBC America and Boston television station WGBH, and first aired on American television in April 2000, as a feature in the PBS series Masterpiece. It won a Peabody Award in 2000.
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