Nigel havers stars as the young nicholas nickleby in the bbc's triumphant adaptation of one of charles dickens' most celebrated novels. Darkly satirical, angry, funny, hugely entertaining and filled with the richest assortment of oddball characters that could only have originated from the quill of dickens n nicholas nickleby features nigel havers in his first leading role, along with a delightful supporting cast that includes freddie jones, liz smith and patricia routledge. Genre tv release date 19th september 2005 year of production 1977 director christopher barry running time 325 min cat no 120083 barcode 5019322200833 no disc 2 format dvd