The madder red and gold print gown Lynda Bellingham (Mrs. Lupin) wears at the inn is the same gown worn by Justine Waddell (Molly Gibson) while walking with Roger at The Towers in Wives and Daughters (1999), and by Emma Pierson (Fanny Dorrit) while visiting the Gowans in Venice in Little Dorrit (2008).
The role of Sarah Gamp, now portrayed by Elizabeth Spriggs, was originally intended to be played by Joan Sims, who finally got the part of Betsy Prigg here.
"The British cast is exemplary," observed The New York Times; while Variety opined, "Would-be adaptors, screenwriters and producers would profit by a study of Lodge's work on "Chuzzlewit." The adaptation's characters and plotline stick to Dickens' intentions, despite omissions, and the five-part dramatization does even more: It catches the original's blithe spirit."
Martin Chuzzlewit (1994) is a 1994 TV serial produced by the BBC, based on the 1844 novel by Charles Dickens, adapted by David Lodge and directed by Pedr James. The music was composed by Geoffrey Burgon.
Episode 1 was originally aired in an 85-minute time slot, while the remaining five episodes were 60 minutes in length. It was originally broadcast on BBC2 from November 7 to December 12, 1994. In the U.S., the series aired as five episodes on PBS's Masterpiece (1971) in 1995.