Series — 2001
The Way We Live Now (2001)
Anthony Trollope’s epic tale of Victorian power and corruption, set in the 1870s. Within weeks of his arrival in London, financier Augustus Melmotte announces a railway is to be built from Salt Lake City to the Gulf of Mexico and entices distinguished members of England's land-rich, cash-poor aristocracy into his web. Many are eager to sell their ailing land parcels to afford moving to London proper and naïve speculators are all lured in with promises of an instant fortune.
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S1 · 0/4 watchedDirector: Jane Tranter
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David Suchet
Augustus Melmotte
Matthew Macfadyen
Sir Felix Carbury
Cillian Murphy
Paul Montague
Paloma Baeza
Hetta Carbury
Cheryl Campbell
Lady Carbury
Richard Cant
Dolly Longestaffe
Shirley Henderson
Marie Melmotte
Tony Britton
Lord Alfred Grendall
Douglas Hodge
Roger Carbury
David Bradley
Mr Broune
Miranda Otto
Mrs Hurtle
Allan Corduner
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