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Micawber is a 2001 ITV comedy drama series starring David Jason. It was written by John Sullivan , based upon the character of Wilkins Micawber from Charles Dickens ' 1850 novel David Copperfield , although the storylines were original.
Between 1971 and 1973 Lowe joined Dad's Army colleague Ian Lavender, on the BBC radio comedy Parsley Sidings and he played Mr Micawber in a BBC television serial of David Copperfield (1974). He employed a multitude of voices on the BBC animated television series Mr. Men (1974), in which he was the narrator. [50]
Peter Capaldi played Micawber in the 2019 Armando Iannucci film The Personal History of David Copperfield. Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones named one of his guitars (an early 1950s Fender Telecaster with a Gibson PAF humbucking pickup installed in the neck position) "Micawber"; Richards is known to be a fan of Dickens.
In May 2018, Peter Capaldi was cast as Mr. Micawber and pre-production was underway. [11] Filming began in June 2018 in Norfolk and Suffolk, with Gwendoline Christie, Benedict Wong, Paul Whitehouse and Daisy May Cooper joining the cast. [12] [13] Scenes were shot in Hull, [14] [15] Bury St Edmunds, [16] Weybourne [17] and King's Lynn in July.
Other television work included Flickers, portraying Wilkins Micawber in David Copperfield (1999) and The Wind in the Willows (2006). British films such as The Long Good Friday (1980) and Mona Lisa (1986) won him the wider approval of critics, the latter film winning him a Cannes Award , Best Actor Golden Globe , BAFTA Awards and an Academy ...
Simon Phillip Hugh Callow CBE [1] (born 15 June 1949) is an English actor. Known as a character actor on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including an Olivier Award and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards.
William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 [1] – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American actor, comedian, juggler and writer. [2]Fields's career in show business began in vaudeville, where he attained international success as a silent juggler.
Clara Copperfield – David's affectionate and beautiful mother, described as being innocently childish. She is married to David Copperfield Sr until his death, and gives birth six months later to the central character of the novel. She loves and coddles young David with the help of Peggotty. Years later she remarries Mr Murdstone.