Broadcast: April 16-May 28, 1978. Dickens last complete novel is a story about money, which rules the destiny of practically every character. Mr. and Mrs. Lammle marry because each mistakenly assumed the other to possess a fortune. In compensation they scheme to sell the over-protected daughter of Mr. Podsnap to a financier who wants an entre to Mr. P's money. Mr. Boffin, the once innocent, amiable servant, inherits the fantastic Harmon fortune and appears to become an embittered miser. Boffin protege Bella Wilfer becomes an arrogant coquette. Parasites cluster like flies to try to grasp a part of the Harmon fortune.
