Season 1 · Episode 1 of 4
A body pulled from the Thames is identified as young John Harmon, heir to a fortune made in dust-contracting. Bella Wilfer, his wife-to-be by terms of old Harmon's will, goes into mourning though she has never met her fiancé.
Julian Farino (Director) · Sandy Welch (Writer)
Steven Mackintosh
John Harmon / John Rokesmith
Anna Friel
Bella Harmon / Bella Wilfer
Peter Vaughan
Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin
Pam Ferris
Henrietta Boffin
Keeley Hawes
Elizabeth 'Lexie' Hexam
Dominic Mafham
Mortimer Lightwood
Paul McGann
Eugene Wrayburn
Kenneth Cranham
Silas Wegg
Timothy Spall
Mr Venus
Anthony Calf
Alfred Lammle
Doon Mackichan
Sophronia Lammle
David Bradley
Roger 'Rogue' Riderhood
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After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to avoid the marriage and the threats on his life. He returns as John Rokesmith and becomes the secretary for the Boffins, who inherit Harmon's estate following his alleged death.
