Broadcast: March 27- April 24, 1988. Soon after the death of her husband, Clara Copperfield delivers a baby son named David, much to the chagrin of Aunt Betsy Trotwood, who had expected a girl. Though fatherless, little David leads a happy life with his nurse Peggotty until his mother marries the ill-tempered Mr. Murdstone, who sends David to a school run by the savage Mr. Creakle. David is later taken out of school and put to work in a rat-infested warehouse and sent to lodge with the eccentric Mr. Micawber. Soon Mr. Micawber and his family are sent to debtor's prison and David sets off to live with Aunt Betsy Trotwood and Mr. Dick.
