The bafta nominated 1974 bbc adaptation of charles dickens classic novel'. '.strtoupper('s')tarring david yelland, arthur lowe, patrica routledge, liz smith, martin javis and anthony andrews'. '.strtoupper('d')avid yelland stars as david copperfield in this adaptation of one of charles dickens most loved and most autobiographical novels, which was nominated for a bafta in 1975 for best actor arthur lowe.   young david copperfield honathan kahns life is not a happy one'. '.strtoupper('a')fter the death of his father, his mother marries the villainous edward murdstone gareth thomas'. '.strtoupper('w')hen his mother also dies, david david yelland moves to live with the micawbers arthur lowe and patricia routledge and encounters the scoundrel uriah heep martin jarvis'. '.strtoupper('g')enre tv release date 19th september 2005 year of production 1974 director joan craft running time 298 min cat no 120087 barcode 5019322200871 no disc 2 certification u format dvd