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A Dance to the Music of Time

A Dance to the Music of Time

A Dance to the Music of Time

1997 1 Seasons 4 Episodes ⭐ 5.7 Comedy Drama

A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence that aired on Channel 4 in 1997. The series is a sharp, comic portrait of upper-class and bohemian England, spanning almost a century, from the early 1920s to modern times.

A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence that aired on Channel 4 in 1997. The series is a sharp, comic portrait of upper-class and bohemian England, spanning almost a century, from the early 1920s to modern times.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Twenties

The first film looks at the life of Kenneth Widmerpool, a tubby, much-teased boy at school who is to grow into a determi

EP 2

The Thirties

Nick Jenkins and his friends have moved from twenty- to thirty-somethings. Marriages are beginning to crumble and youthf

EP 3

The War

WWII has broken out and Nick Jenkins is in the army, leaving behind his wife Isobel, who is expecting their first child.

EP 4

Post War

A decade has passed. Nick and his wife Isobel have moved to the country. Widmerpool has become a Labour MP and is dabbli

Popular Cast

Simon Russell Beale

Simon Russell Beale

Widmerpool

James Purefoy

James Purefoy

Nicholas Jenkins

James Fleet

James Fleet

Moreland

Jonathan Cake

Jonathan Cake

Peter Templer

Paul Rhys

Paul Rhys

Charles Stringham

Claire Skinner

Claire Skinner

Jean

Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

Pamela Flitton

Adrian Scarborough

Adrian Scarborough

JG Quiggin

Edward Fox

Edward Fox

Uncle Giles

John Standing

John Standing

Nicholas Jenkins (older)

Annabel Mullion

Annabel Mullion

Mona