A Dance to the Music of Time (1997)
A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence that aired on Channel 4 in 1997. The series is a sharp, comic portrait of upper-class and bohemian England, spanning almost a century, from the early 1920s to modern times.
Release date: 1997-10-09
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Orginal language: English
Director: Alvin Rakoff
Writer: Hugh Whitemore
Novel: Anthony Powell
Seasons
Trailers and Teasers
Main cast
Simon Russell Beale
as Widmerpool
James Purefoy
as Nicholas Jenkins
James Fleet
as Moreland
Jonathan Cake
as Peter Templer
Paul Rhys
as Charles Stringham
Claire Skinner
as Jean
Miranda Richardson
as Pamela Flitton
Adrian Scarborough
as JG Quiggin
Edward Fox
as Uncle Giles
John Standing
as Nicholas Jenkins (older)
Annabel Mullion
as Mona
Oliver Ford Davies
as Le Bas
Robin Bailey
as Uncle Alfred
Nicholas Jones
as Bob Duport
Nigel Lindsay
as Odo Stevens
Nicholas Rowe
as David Pennistone
Michael Williams
as Ted Jeavons
Sarah Badel
as Lady Molly
Zoë Wanamaker
as Audrey Maclintick
Harriet Walter
as Mildred
Caroline Harker
as Priscilla
Eileen Atkins
as Brightman
James Callis
as Gwinnett
Paul Brooke
as Maclintick
James D'Arcy
as Nicholas Jenkins (student)
Alan Bennett
as Sillery
Joanna David
as Isobel (older)
Emma Fielding
as Isobel
John Gielgud
as St. John Clarke
Frank Middlemass
as Edgar Deacon
Chris Lang
as Chips Lovell
Richard Pasco
as Sir Magnus Donners
Patrick Godfrey
as General Conyers
Tony Osoba
as Colonel Flores
Nicola Walker
as Gypsy Jones
Emily Mortimer
as Polly Duport
Robert Pugh
as Biggs
Lucy Fleming
as Jean (older)
Julian Wadham
as General Liddament
Jamie Glover
as Robert Tolland
Andrew Havill
as Sunny Farebrother
Colin Baker
as Canon Fenneau
Mark Dexter
as Tompsitt
Richard Leaf
as Barnabas Henderson
Carmen du Sautoy
as Miss Weedon
Amanda Walker
as Mrs. Conyers
Anastasia Hille
as Matilda
James Villiers
as Buster Foxe
Geraldine Alexander
as Susan
Sarah Crowden
as Miss Orchard
David Yelland
as Mr Jenkins
David MacCreedy
as Bracey
Bryan Pringle
as Smith
Tim Wylton
as Albert
Jeremy Child
as Roddy Cutts
Matthew Sim
as Scorpio Murtlock
Luke de Lacey
as Stringham (student)
Rupert Wickham
as Jimmy Stripling
Rest of the main cast - click here to expand
Gillian Barge - Mrs Erdleigh, Grant Thatcher - Mark Members, Kate Cavanagh - Billson, Danny Worters - Nicholas Jenkins (boy), Osmund Bullock - Erridge, Barbara Durkin - Betty, Nicola King - Mrs Jenkins, Michael Wade - Dr Brandreth, Rohan McCullough - Flavia Wisebite, Kevin Colson - Louis Glober, Bobby Webster - Templer (student), Amy Simcock - Jean (student)
Crew - click here to expand
Alvin Rakoff - Producer, Hugh Whitemore - Executive Producer, Alvin Rakoff - Director, Hugh Whitemore - Writer, Lorraine Goodman - Associate Producer, Chris Seager - Director of Photography, Jake Bernard - Editor, Ardan Fisher - Editor, Justin Krish - Editor, Joyce Gallie - Casting, Eileen Diss - Production Design, Humphrey Bangham - Art Direction, Chris Roope - Art Direction, Mary Hillman - Makeup Designer, Liz Pearson - Post Production Supervisor, Ray Freeborn - Production Supervisor, Ian Wilkinson - Sound Editor, Wayne Brooks - Sound Editor, Clive Derbyshire - Sound Recordist, Ross Adams - Sound Effects Editor, Simon Bishop - Sound Recordist, Tony Jackson - Sound Recordist, Peter Brayham - Stunt Coordinator, Sally Osoba - Casting Coordinator, Sarah Garner - Script Supervisor, Emma Mager - Production Coordinator, Geraldine Stephenson - Choreographer, Sharon Long - Costume Supervisor, Mark Warman - Orchestrator, Carl Davis - Original Music Composer, Barbara Kidd - Costume Design, Dany Everett - Costume Design, Anthony Powell - Novel