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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.

2001 |1 Season  | 1h 15m |  Drama

Cast

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David Suchet

Augustus Melmotte

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Matthew Macfadyen

Sir Felix Carbury

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Cillian Murphy

Paul Montague

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Paloma Baeza

Hetta Carbury

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Cheryl Campbell

Lady Carbury

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Richard Cant

Dolly Longestaffe

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Shirley Henderson

Marie Melmotte

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Tony Britton

Lord Alfred Grendall

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Douglas Hodge

Roger Carbury

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David Bradley

Mr Broune

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Miranda Otto

Mrs Hurtle

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Allan Corduner

Croll

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Angus Wright

Miles Grendall

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Creator

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Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

BBC One