Jan 16, 2020
Dombey And Son: Edith Granger (1.5, BBC, 1969)
"Come sir, don't be thoughtful - it's a bad habit. Old Joe wouldn't be as tough as you see him if he had ever encouraged it. You're too great a man, Dombey, ever to be thoughtful! In your position, you're far above that kind of thing."
#Dombey and son#classic tv#1969#BBC#John Carson#Kara Wilson#Helen Fraser#David Garth#Davyd Harries#Sally home#Barbara Mitchell#william moore#Gary Raymond#clive swift#Marian Spencer#Christopher Sandford#Meadows white#Edward topps#John rudling#Ian price#Joan craft#Hugh Leonard#charles dickens#With Dombey jnr no more Dombey snr takes off for some respite in Leamington with old friend Major Bagstock. An unlikely seeming#Friend with his meaningless prattle and hint of slyness around the eyes: of course this also means new cast members. Swift is having the#Time of his life throwing everything into the garrulous and irresponsible major. The other big newcomer is Sally Home as Edith soon to be#I am sure the second Mrs Dombey. She isn't really given much to do in this first outing allowing Swift to steal their scenes away from her#Quite easily. Elsewhere Carker continues to be villainous and menacing in a sort of vague and undirected sort of way#And poor Florence is worried about the fate of Young Gay and his ship (dare I say.... A gay cruise...)