Like many fond parents, i have in my heart a favourite child'. '.strtoupper('a')nd his name is david copperfield.'? '.strtoupper('c')harles dickens and here in dickens' own favourite and most enduring novel bursts onto screen in a dazzling adaptation, with a truly world class cast bringing alive some of the most famous characters in fiction'. '.strtoupper('b')ob hoskins as the ever optimistic mr micawber maggie smith as david's fearsome aunt, betsey trotwood trevor eve as the sadistic mr murdstone nicholas lyndhurst as sly, sinister uriah heap pauline quirke as david's loyal friend and servant, peggotty and featuring ciarn mcmenamin as david, with harry lloyd the 15 year old descendant of charles dickens himself as the young steerforth'. '.strtoupper('s')pecial features he making of david copperfield n additional 30 minutes in 5.1 of the original music composed by rob lane'. '.strtoupper('c')ompiled and digitally edited by david maurice running time 179 minutes region all regions subtitles english release date 23 jan'. '.strtoupper('2')012