Charles Dickens's Our Mutual Friend: Part 1

Charles Dickens' classic novel stars Alex Jennings as Charles Dickens and Pauline Quirke as Mrs Boffin. Adapted by Mike Walker. Following his father's death, John Harmon returns to London to claim his inheritance. But he finds he is only eligible if he marries Bella Wilfer. To observe her character he assumes another identity and secures work with his father's foreman, Mr Boffin, who is also Bella's guardian. Our Mutual Friend was Charles Dickens' last complete novel and is a satiric masterpiece about money. Part 1 of the Woman's Hour Drama contains episodes 1-10 and was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009. The story concludes in Part 2.