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The Way We Live Now - Miniseries

Anthony Trollope’s epic tale of Victorian power and corruption, set in the 1870s. Within weeks of his arrival in London, financier Augustus Melmotte announces a railway is to be built from Salt Lake City to the Gulf of Mexico and entices distinguished members of England's land-rich, cash-poor aristocracy into his web. Many are eager to sell their ailing land parcels to afford moving to London proper and naïve speculators are all lured in with promises of an instant fortune.

Top Cast

  • David Suchet

    David Suchet

    Augustus Melmotte

  • Matthew Macfadyen

    Matthew Macfadyen

    Sir Felix Carbury

  • Cillian Murphy

    Cillian Murphy

    Paul Montague

  • Paloma Baeza

    Paloma Baeza

    Hetta Carbury

  • Cheryl Campbell

    Cheryl Campbell

    Lady Carbury

  • Richard Cant

    Richard Cant

    Dolly Longestaffe

  • Shirley Henderson

    Shirley Henderson

    Marie Melmotte

  • Tony Britton

    Tony Britton

    Lord Alfred Grendall

  • Douglas Hodge

    Douglas Hodge

    Roger Carbury

Overview

Anthony Trollope’s epic tale of Victorian power and corruption, set in the 1870s. Within weeks of his arrival in London, financier Augustus Melmotte announces a railway is to be built from Salt Lake City to the Gulf of Mexico and entices distinguished members of England's land-rich, cash-poor aristocracy into his web. Many are eager to sell their ailing land parcels to afford moving to London proper and naïve speculators are all lured in with promises of an instant fortune.

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