Afternoon Play - Dickens Confidential - The Deal

Series of plays looking at how Charles Dickens, as the head of a daily paper, would have tackled bringing the news to the masses. By Rob Kinsman. When a timid doctor is accused of murdering his wealthy older lover, Dickens alone is convinced of his innocence. His journalistic team's investigations descend into the harsh territory of the debtors' prison. Everything, it seems, comes down to money. Charles Dickens ...... Dan Stevens Agnes Paxton ...... Eleanor Howell Daniel Parker ...... Andrew Buchan Brickman ...... Gerard McDermott Harper ...... Stephen Critchlow Blind Bill ...... John Rowe Maria ...... Liz Sutherland Dr Widdershins ...... Simon Treves Prosecutor ...... Nyasha Hatendi Turnkey ...... Dan Starkey Judge ...... Chris Pavlo Directed by David Hunter.