About this season
Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in 1860s London.
Episodes (12)
1. Episode 1
Aired 7 November 1958 • 30 min
A waterman, rowing with his daughter on the Thames in search of plunder, discovers the body of a man who had been brutally assaulted before being drowned. Who is the man?
2. Episode 2
Aired 14 November 1958 • 30 min
Society takes a hand and Gaffer Hexam, the waterman who discovered the body, is suspected of murder.
3. Episode 3
Aired 21 November 1958 • 30 min
Noddy Boffin, the ‘Golden Dustman', engages a secretary while the Wilfers decide to take a lodger and Bella is adopted.
4. Episode 4
Aired 28 November 1958 • 30 min
Roger ‘Rogue' Riderhood claims a reward for information and Silas Wegg proposes a friendly move.
5. Episode 5
Aired 5 December 1958 • 30 min
Charley Hexam takes a brother's interest in Lizzie; Bella takes her father, the ‘cherub', out to dinner.
6. Episode 6
Aired 12 December 1958 • 30 min
Riderhood meets a stranger; Lizzie receives a proposal; and a terrified Betty Higden runs away.
7. Episode 7
Aired 19 December 1958 • 30 min
The Wilfers celebrate their wedding anniversary as Noddy shows another side to his character.
8. Episode 8
Aired 26 December 1958 • 30 min
Noddy becomes a partner in the friendly move and learns that Wegg has found an important document.
9. Episode 9
Aired 2 January 1959 • 30 min
Bella expresses indignation while Riderhood and Headstone come to an agreement.
10. Episode 10
Aired 9 January 1959 • 30 min
Noddy's nose is to be laid on the grindstone; Bella and her father keep an appointment; and Eugene Wrayburn comes to grief.
11. Episode 11
Aired 16 January 1959 • 30 min
Mr Fledgeby gets his just desserts. Rokesmith meets Mortimer Lightwood and is accused of the murder of John Harmon.
12. Episode 12
Aired 23 January 1959 • 30 min
Boffin becomes himself while Riderhood and Headstone meet for the last time, with tragic results.