Nicholas Nickleby (1968)
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
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Episode 1 - Fine Beginnings
Release Date: 1968-02-11Nicholas and his sister Kate arrive penniless and jobless in London after the death of their father. Nicholas has an important encounter with Newman Noggs.
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Episode 2 - Dotheboys Hall
Release Date: 1968-02-18Nicholas has been found employment by his Uncle Ralph at Dotheboys Hall, an academy for boys owned by the drunken and brutal Wackford Squeers.
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Episode 3 - The Escape
Release Date: 1968-02-25Nicholas is appalled to find that Squeers is being cruel to the crippled boy Smike and makes plans to escape. Nicholas and Smike set out to London.
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Episode 4 - The Dinner Party
Release Date: 1968-03-03Kate is invited to dinner by Uncle Ralph, where she suffers from unwanted attention. On his arrival in London, Nicholas is informed of an accusation against him.
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Episode 5 - The Profession
Release Date: 1968-03-10Nicholas refuses to restore Smike to Squeers' cruelties, so the duo leave London and find employment with Vincent Crummles and his company of strolling players.
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Episode 6 - The Gallants
Release Date: 1968-03-17Kate is still hounded by the unwanted affections of Sir Mulberry Hawk and Lord Verisopht. Nicholas and Smike prepare to take to the stage.
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Episode 7 - Account Rendered
Release Date: 1968-03-24Nicholas and Smike decide to return to London after Nicholas receives a letter from Newman Noggs concerned about Uncle Ralph’s treatment of Kate.
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Episode 8 - Captured
Release Date: 1968-03-31Nicholas finds employment with the kindly Cheeryble brothers while Smike is in for a shock after Squeers arrives in London and begins plotting with Ralph.
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Episode 9 - Escape
Release Date: 1968-04-07Smike gets captured by Squeers but help is soon at hand from John and Tilda. Meanwhile, Nicholas is directed by the Cheerybles to meet Madeleine Bray.
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Episode 10 - Madeline Bray
Release Date: 1968-04-14Unknown to Madeline, Ralph and Gride have come upon some important information about her. Meanwhile, Smike falls ill after escaping from Squeers.
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Episode 11 - The Duel
Release Date: 1968-04-21It’s pistols at dawn as a duel to the death takes place, and Nicholas interrupts the marriage of his beloved with equally tragic consequences.
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Episode 12 - A Journey for Smike
Release Date: 1968-04-28Ralph and Squeers conspire one final time to steal Madeline’s inheritance papers as Smike takes a turn for the worse.
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Episode 13 - Smike's Father
Release Date: 1968-05-05Noggs and Cheeryble come to Nicholas’s and Madeline’s aid as Squeers and Ralph finally get their comeuppance and the secret of Smike's parentage is revealed.