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Betsey Trotwood is David Copperfield's great-aunt on his father's side, and has an unfavourable view of men and boys, having been ill-used and abandoned by a worthless husband earlier in life.
The adaptation follows the story of David Copperfield as he grows up under the care of the cruel Murdstones after the death of his mother, escapes to the care of his aunt Betsey Trotwood and later travels to London where he meets the gentle Micawbers and the scheming Uriah Heep, and falls in love with and marries the spoilt Dora Spenlow.
David Copperfield is a BBC television serial starring Ian McKellen in the title role of the adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1850 novel [1] that began airing in January 1966. [2] It also featured Tina Packer as Dora [ 3 ] Flora Robson as Betsey Trotwood , [ 4 ] Gordon Gostelow as Barkis, [ 5 ] and Christopher Guard as young David. [ 6 ]
David Copperfield is born in Blunderstone, Suffolk, three months after the death of his father, who was also called David Copperfield. On the night of David's birth, his great-aunt, Betsey Trotwood, arrives at the "Rookery" — the Copperfield family home — and eagerly anticipates the birth of a baby girl. She insists that Clara Copperfield's ...
1956: David Copperfield, a 13-part TV serial shown on BBC. No recordings are known to exist. [212] 1966: David Copperfield, a 13-part TV serial. Only four of the thirteen episodes are known to exist. [213] 1969: David Copperfield, a TV film directed by Delbert Mann; 1974: David Copperfield, a 6-part TV serial directed by Joan Craft
All thirteen episodes are believed to be lost. Broadcast live with pre-filmed inserts for exterior scenes, it is unknown if this serial was ever telerecorded for preservation. If it was, the films were most likely junked sometime between 1967 and 1978, when the BBC routinely discarded older programmes to make way for new material.
Only one episode to feature him (episode 3, 'A Long Journey') is known to exist. In the 1969 version, he is played by James Donald. In this version, Murdstone does not bother to search for David after he leaves for Dover, thus his argument with Betsey Trotwood is omitted. In the 1974 BBC TV series he is played by Gareth Thomas.
David Copperfield is the protagonist after which the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield was named. The character is widely thought to be based on Dickens himself, incorporating many elements of his own life.