An epic bbc adaptation of charles dickens' last completed novel, starring steven mackintosh, keeley hawes, david morrissey, anna friel, pam ferris and paul mcgann. Our mutual friend interweaves various characters in a complex tale of greed, passion and death in victorian london. John harmon steven mackintosh is betrothed to the beautiful but spoilt bella wilfer anna friel, who only wishes to marry for money. Then harmon disappears, and it seems that he has drowned, but he has in fact assumed a new identity and found work with his late father's former employees, the boffins peter vaughan and pam ferris. Meanwhile, impoverished lizzy hexam keeley hawes must choose between the selfish eugene wrayburn paul mcgann and the obsessive bradley headstone david morrissey. Actors  paul mcgann, keeley hawes, anna friel, steven mackintosh, peter vaughan directors  julian farino writers  sandy welch producers  catherine wearing format  pal language  english subtitles  english subtitles for the hearing impaired  english region  all regions aspect ratio  169 1.781 number of discs  2 classification  pg studio  2entertain dvd release date  23 jan. 2012 run time  350 minutes