A Dance to the Music of Time - Season 1 - Eps 2: The Thirties

1997-10-1660 min⭐ 5.3/10

Nick Jenkins and his friends have moved from twenty- to thirty-somethings. Marriages are beginning to crumble and youthful optimism is fading fast. Nick's affair with Jean Templer is coming to an end, but all unhappiness is swept aside when he meets Isobel Tolland, who takes him into London's bohemian life. A world of heavy drinking, all-night parties and colourful eccentrics. But, across the Channel in Germany, Hitler's power is rising and war seems inevitable.

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About A Dance to the Music of Time

A Dance to the Music of Time

Title: A Dance to the Music of Time

First Air Date: 1997-10-09

Last Air Date: 1997-10-30

Status: Ended

Rating: 5.3/10 (from 3 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 4

Network: Channel 4

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Production Companies: Table Top Productions, Channel 4 Television

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Simon Russell Beale

Simon Russell Beale

Widmerpool

James Purefoy

James Purefoy

Nicholas Jenkins

James Fleet

James Fleet

Moreland

Jonathan Cake

Jonathan Cake

Peter Templer

Paul Rhys

Paul Rhys

Charles Stringham

Claire Skinner

Claire Skinner

Jean

Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

Pamela Flitton

Adrian Scarborough

Adrian Scarborough

JG Quiggin

Edward Fox

Edward Fox

Uncle Giles

John Standing

John Standing

Nicholas Jenkins (older)

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