David Copperfield 2000  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Max Dolbey, Michael Richards, Sally Field, Nigel Davenport, Eileen Atkins, Anthony Andrews, Frank MacCusker, Freddie Jones, Edward Hardwicke, Emily Hamilton, Julie Cox, Sarah Smart, Alan Howard, Alec McCowen
In this made-for-TV, two-part Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, Max Dolbey takes on the role of young David Copperfield while Hugh Dancy plays the adult David as Charles Dickens' semi-autobiographical novel is once again presented on film. The setting, filmed in Ireland, gives the look and feel of Copperfield's 19th-century England in which he grew up under the thumb of his cruel stepfather Murdstone (Anthony Andrews) but with support from others such as Aunt Betsy (Sally Field).
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 Wuthering Heights 1998 TV, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: David Skynner
Cast: Orla Brady, Robert Cavanah, Matthew Macfadyen, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Tom Georgeson, Sarah Smart, Ken Kitson, Kadie Savage, Flora Montgomery, Terry Clynes, Peter Davison, Kevin Knapman, Polly Hemingway, Ian Shaw, Jake Thorton
In this adaptation of Emily Bronte's novel, Hareton Earnshaw (Matthew Macfadyen) brings home orphaned Heathcliff (Terry Clynes). While Hareton's son Hindley (Kevin Knapman) cannot stand him, daughter Cathy (Kadie Savage) forms a loving relationship with Heathcliff. They grow up, and Cathy (now played Orla Brady) marries wealthy neighbor Edgar Linton (Crispin Bonham-Carter). Heathcliff (now played by Robert Cavanah) has left but returns and buys Wuthering Heights from Hindley (now played by Ian Shaw). Cathy has second thoughts about her marriage choice, and realizes she has passed up love for what society condones. She becomes deathly ill, but even death cannot part Cathy and Heathcliff.
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| 1. David Copperfield (2000)
2. Wuthering Heights (1998)
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