The Way We Live Now

Synopsis

Anthony Trollope’s epic tale of Victorian power and corruption, set in the 1870s. Within weeks of his arrival in London, financier Augustus Melmotte announces a railway is to be built from Salt Lake City to the Gulf of Mexico and entices distinguished members of England's land-rich, cash-poor aristocracy into his web. Many are eager to sell their ailing land parcels to afford moving to London proper and naïve speculators are all lured in with promises of an instant fortune.

First aired

11 Nov 2001

Runtime

75 min / episode · 1 season

Cast

David Suchet

Augustus Melmotte

Matthew Macfadyen

Sir Felix Carbury

Cillian Murphy

Paul Montague

Paloma Baeza

Hetta Carbury

Cheryl Campbell

Lady Carbury

Richard Cant

Dolly Longestaffe

Shirley Henderson

Marie Melmotte

Tony Britton

Lord Alfred Grendall

Douglas Hodge

Roger Carbury

David Bradley

Mr Broune

Miranda Otto

Mrs Hurtle

Allan Corduner

Croll