A Dance to the Music of Time

Overview

A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence that aired on Channel 4 in 1997. The series is a sharp, comic portrait of upper-class and bohemian England, spanning almost a century, from the early 1920s to modern times.

Cast

Simon Russell Beale

Widmerpool

James Purefoy

Nicholas Jenkins

James Fleet

Moreland

Jonathan Cake

Peter Templer

Paul Rhys

Charles Stringham

Claire Skinner

Jean

Miranda Richardson

Pamela Flitton

Adrian Scarborough

JG Quiggin

Edward Fox

Uncle Giles

John Standing

Nicholas Jenkins (older)

Gillian Barge

Mrs Erdleigh

Annabel Mullion

Mona

Oliver Ford Davies

Le Bas

Robin Bailey

Uncle Alfred

Nicholas Jones

Bob Duport

Nigel Lindsay

Odo Stevens

Nicholas Rowe

David Pennistone

Michael Williams

Ted Jeavons

Sarah Badel

Lady Molly

Zoë Wanamaker

Audrey Maclintick

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