The Way We Live Now
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.
Last Episode Date: 2001-12-02
Drama
★★★★★★★★★★ (21 votes)
Official website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02zn08f
Casts
David Suchet
as Augustus Melmotte
Matthew Macfadyen
as Sir Felix Carbury
Cillian Murphy
as Paul Montague
Paloma Baeza
as Hetta Carbury
Cheryl Campbell
as Lady Carbury
Richard Cant
as Dolly Longestaffe
Shirley Henderson
as Marie Melmotte
Tony Britton
as Lord Alfred Grendall
Douglas Hodge
as Roger Carbury
David Bradley
as Mr Broune
