A Dance to the Music of Time

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.

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Oct 09, 1997

Cast

Simon Russell Beale (as Widmerpool) James Purefoy (as Nicholas Jenkins) James Fleet (as Moreland) Jonathan Cake (as Peter Templer) Paul Rhys (as Charles Stringham) Claire Skinner (as Jean) Miranda Richardson (as Pamela Flitton) Adrian Scarborough (as JG Quiggin) Edward Fox (as Uncle Giles) John Standing (as Nicholas Jenkins (older)) Annabel Mullion (as Mona) Oliver Ford Davies (as Le Bas) Robin Bailey (as Uncle Alfred) Nicholas Jones (as Bob Duport) Nigel Lindsay (as Odo Stevens) Nicholas Rowe (as David Pennistone) Michael Williams (as Ted Jeavons) Sarah Badel (as Lady Molly) Zoë Wanamaker (as Audrey Maclintick) Harriet Walter (as Mildred) Caroline Harker (as Priscilla) Eileen Atkins (as Brightman) James Callis (as Gwinnett) Paul Brooke (as Maclintick) James D'Arcy (as Nicholas Jenkins (student)) Alan Bennett (as Sillery) Joanna David (as Isobel (older)) Emma Fielding (as Isobel) John Gielgud (as St. John Clarke) Frank Middlemass (as Edgar Deacon) Chris Lang (as Chips Lovell) Richard Pasco (as Sir Magnus Donners) Patrick Godfrey (as General Conyers) Tony Osoba (as Colonel Flores) Nicola Walker (as Gypsy Jones) Emily Mortimer (as Polly Duport) Robert Pugh (as Biggs) Lucy Fleming (as Jean (older)) Julian Wadham (as General Liddament) Jamie Glover (as Robert Tolland) Andrew Havill (as Sunny Farebrother) Colin Baker (as Canon Fenneau) Mark Dexter (as Tompsitt) Richard Leaf (as Barnabas Henderson) Carmen du Sautoy (as Miss Weedon) Amanda Walker (as Mrs. Conyers) Anastasia Hille (as Matilda) James Villiers (as Buster Foxe) Geraldine Alexander (as Susan) Sarah Crowden (as Miss Orchard) David Yelland (as Mr Jenkins) David MacCreedy (as Bracey) Bryan Pringle (as Smith) Tim Wylton (as Albert) Jeremy Child (as Roddy Cutts) Matthew Sim (as Scorpio Murtlock) Luke de Lacey (as Stringham (student)) Rupert Wickham (as Jimmy Stripling)


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Seasons & Episodes

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The War

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Post War

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