The Way We Live Now (2001 TV serial)

Infobox Television
show_name = The Way We Live Now


caption = U.S. DVD cover
writer = Andrew Davies (adaptation)
director = David Yates
starring = David Suchet
Matthew Macfadyen
Shirley Henderson
Cillian Murphy
country = United Kingdom
num_episodes = 4
producer = Nigel Stafford-Clark
channel = BBC One
first_aired = 11 November
last_aired = 2 December 2002:"The Way We Live Now (TV serial)" redirects here. For the 1969 series based on the same novel, see The Way We Live Now (1969 TV serial).""The Way We Live Now" was a 2001 four-part television adaptation of the novel "The Way We Live Now" on BBC One. It was written by Andrew Davies, produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark and directed by David Yates. David Suchet starred as Auguste Melmotte, with Shirley Henderson as his daughter Marie, Matthew Macfadyen as Sir Felix Carbury, Cillian Murphy as Paul Montague and Miranda Otto as Mrs Hurtle.

Awards

At the 2002 BAFTA Awards, "The Way We Live Now" won the Best Drama Serial category, and Suchet was nominated as Best Actor.

Cast

*David Suchet: Augustus Melmotte
*Tony Pritchard: Mr Wakeham
*Paloma Baeza: Hetta Carbury
*Cheryl Campbell: Lady Carbury
*Cillian Murphy: Paul Montague
*Miranda Otto: Mrs Hurtle
*Allan Corduner: Croll
*Tony Britton: Lord Alfred Grendall
*Angus Wright: Miles Grendall
*Richard Cant: Dolly Longestaffe
*Stuart McQuarrie: Lord Nidderdale
*Robert Sterne: Portrait Painter
*Tom Fahy: Butler - Grosvenor Square
*Matthew Macfadyen: Sir Felix Carbury
*Lilo Baur: Didon (Marie's maid)
*Shirley Henderson: Marie Melmotte
*Anne-Marie Duff: Georgiana Longestaffe
*Oliver Ford Davies: Mr Longestaffe
*Joanna David: Lady Pamona Longestaffe
*Maxine Peake: Ruby Ruggles
*Trevor Peacock: Mr Ruggles
*Nicholas McGaughey: John Crumb
*Jon Rumney: Herr Vossner
*Helen Schlesinger: Madame Melmotte
*Graham Crowden: Marquis of Auld Reckle
*Douglas Hodge: Roger Carbury
*David Bradley: Mr Broune
*Fenella Woolgar: Lady Julia Monogram
*Jim Carter: Mr Brehgert
*James Duke: Bank Official
*Rob Brydon: Mr Alf
*Michael Riley: Hamilton K. Fisker
*Derek Smee: Butler - Caversham Hall
*Michele Dotrice: Mrs Pipkin
*Sarah Niven: Simpson

External links

*imdb title|0300879|The Way We Live Now