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A Dance to the Music of Time

Genres
Comedy
Drama
Rating
4.2
StatusEnded
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Seasons1
Episodes4
First Air Date1997-10-09
Last Air Date1997-10-30

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.

Seasons

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S1

Miniseries

4 Episodes

1997

Cast & Crew

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Simon Russell Beale

as Widmerpool

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James Purefoy

as Nicholas Jenkins

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James Fleet

as Moreland

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Jonathan Cake

as Peter Templer

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Paul Rhys

as Charles Stringham

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Claire Skinner

as Jean

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Miranda Richardson

as Pamela Flitton

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Adrian Scarborough

as JG Quiggin

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Edward Fox

as Uncle Giles

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John Standing

as Nicholas Jenkins (older)

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Gillian Barge

as Mrs Erdleigh

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Annabel Mullion

as Mona

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Oliver Ford Davies

as Le Bas

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Robin Bailey

as Uncle Alfred

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Nicholas Jones

as Bob Duport

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Nigel Lindsay

as Odo Stevens

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Nicholas Rowe

as David Pennistone

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Michael Williams

as Ted Jeavons

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Sarah Badel

as Lady Molly

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Zoë Wanamaker

as Audrey Maclintick

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Harriet Walter

as Mildred

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Caroline Harker

as Priscilla

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Eileen Atkins

as Brightman

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James Callis

as Gwinnett

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Paul Brooke

as Maclintick

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James D'Arcy

as Nicholas Jenkins (student)

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Alan Bennett

as Sillery

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Joanna David

as Isobel (older)

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Emma Fielding

as Isobel

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John Gielgud

as St. John Clarke

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Frank Middlemass

as Edgar Deacon

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Chris Lang

as Chips Lovell

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Richard Pasco

as Sir Magnus Donners

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Patrick Godfrey

as General Conyers

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Tony Osoba

as Colonel Flores

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Nicola Walker

as Gypsy Jones

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Emily Mortimer

as Polly Duport

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Robert Pugh

as Biggs

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Lucy Fleming

as Jean (older)

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Julian Wadham

as General Liddament

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Jamie Glover

as Robert Tolland

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Andrew Havill

as Sunny Farebrother

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Grant Thatcher

as Mark Members

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Colin Baker

as Canon Fenneau

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Mark Dexter

as Tompsitt

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Richard Leaf

as Barnabas Henderson

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Carmen du Sautoy

as Miss Weedon

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Amanda Walker

as Mrs. Conyers

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Kate Cavanagh

as Billson

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Anastasia Hille

as Matilda

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James Villiers

as Buster Foxe

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Danny Worters

as Nicholas Jenkins (boy)

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Geraldine Alexander

as Susan

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Osmund Bullock

as Erridge

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Sarah Crowden

as Miss Orchard

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Barbara Durkin

as Betty

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Nicola King

as Mrs Jenkins

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David Yelland

as Mr Jenkins

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David MacCreedy

as Bracey

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Bryan Pringle

as Smith

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Michael Wade

as Dr Brandreth

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Tim Wylton

as Albert

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Rohan McCullough

as Flavia Wisebite

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Kevin Colson

as Louis Glober

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Jeremy Child

as Roddy Cutts

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Matthew Sim

as Scorpio Murtlock

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Bobby Webster

as Templer (student)

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Amy Simcock

as Jean (student)

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Luke de Lacey

as Stringham (student)

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Rupert Wickham

as Jimmy Stripling

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