Memories

Overview: In MASK, Dickens, feverish in New York, relives his boyhood.

Overview: In The DEED John Dickens escapes his creditors by going to London. Mrs Dickens decides to start a school.

Overview: In BLACKING Charles starts work at Warren's Blacking factory.

Overview: In LOVE Charles is making his way socially and as a Parliamentary reporter when he falls in love with Maria Beadnell.

Overview: In SUCCESS Charles is frustrated in love and turns to the whore Desdemona.

Overview: In FAME Charles marries Catherine and Pickwick Papers begins publication.

Overview: Pickwick Papers is a success and Charles starts on Oliver Twist. But Catherine cannot cope and Mary begins to replace her.

Overview: Friends question Charles' sanity because of his idolization of Queen Victoria.

Overview: While traveling in America, Charles (Roy Dotrice) meets Edgar Allan Poe (Seymour Matthews).

Overview: In the concluding episode, Charles (Roy Dotrice) concentrates on writing "Martin Chuzzlewit" and works for social reform in England.