The Way We Live Now
2001 · Miniseries · TV-14 · 75 min · ★ 7.7
In 1870s London, a flashy financier dazzles society with promises of a grand railway and quick riches. As cash-strapped aristocrats, hopeful investors, and tangled families get pulled into his orbit, greed, ambition, and social pressure begin to reshape their lives.
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Details
- Years
- 2001
- Release date
- 2001-11-11
- Network
- BBC One
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 75 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (25 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like sharp, character-driven period dramas about money, status, and moral compromise, especially if Little Dorrit or Daniel Deronda appealed to you; Not for you if you want light, fast-moving comfort viewing.
Pros: absorbing layered story; strong central performance; rich period atmosphere | Cons: some miscasting complaints; rushed final stretch; condensed from the novel
Themes
- london, england
- based on novel or book
- miniseries
- period drama
- 19th century
Cast & crew
David Suchet
as Augustus Melmotte
Matthew Macfadyen
as Sir Felix Carbury
Cillian Murphy
as Paul Montague
Paloma Baeza
as Hetta Carbury
Cheryl Campbell
as Lady Carbury
Richard Cant
as Dolly Longestaffe
Shirley Henderson
as Marie Melmotte
Tony Britton
as Lord Alfred Grendall
Douglas Hodge
as Roger Carbury
David Bradley
as Mr Broune
Episodes1 season · 4 episodes
Season 14 episodes
- S1E1Episode 175m
- S1E2Episode 275m
- S1E3Episode 375m
- S1E4Episode 475m