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London is a 2004 three-part BBC history documentary series about the history of London, presented by Peter Ackroyd.
Original Release
05/07/2004 on BBC
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Ackroyd | Himself - Presenter / Self - Presenter |
| Julian French | Drowning Man |
| Danielle Rees | Charlie Meyer |
| Richard Stockwell | Young Peter Ackroyd |
| Toby Stephens | Casanova / Giacomo Casanova |
| Tom Hollander | T.S. Eliot |
| Harriet Walter | Virginia Woolf / Virginia Woolf - Novelist |
| Jim Carter | Henry Fielding / Henry Fielding - Novelist & Magistrate |
| Derek Jacobi | Tacitus / Tacitus - Historian |
| Alex Jennings | Stephen Spender / Stephen Spender - Poet |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fire and Destiny | Friday, 07 May 2004 |
| 2 | The Crowd | Friday, 14 May 2004 |
| 3 | Water and Darkness | Friday, 21 May 2004 |
Directors
Roger Parsons, Chris Granlund, Sam Hobkinson
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Ackroyd | Himself - Presenter / Self - Presenter |
| Julian French | Drowning Man |
| Danielle Rees | Charlie Meyer |
| Richard Stockwell | Young Peter Ackroyd |
| Toby Stephens | Casanova / Giacomo Casanova |
| Tom Hollander | T.S. Eliot |
| Harriet Walter | Virginia Woolf / Virginia Woolf - Novelist |
| Jim Carter | Henry Fielding / Henry Fielding - Novelist & Magistrate |
| Derek Jacobi | Tacitus / Tacitus - Historian |
| Alex Jennings | Stephen Spender / Stephen Spender - Poet |
| John Simm | Friedrich Engels / Friedrich Engels - Co-Writer The Communist Manifesto |
| Anton Lesser | Charles Dickens / Charles Dickens - Novelist |
| Timothy West | Henry Mayhew / Henry Mayhew - Journalist |
| Don Warrington | Ignatius Sancho / Ignatius Sancho - Eyewitness |
| Amanda Root | Charlotte Bronte / Charlotte Brontë - Novelist |
| Philip Jackson | Samuel Pepys / Samuel Pepys - Writer |
| Wolf Kahler | German Traveller |
| Ronan Vibert | Joseph Conrad / Joseph Conrad - Novelist |
| Tim Pigott-Smith | John Evelyn / John Evelyn - Writer |
| John Woodvine | Henry Moore / Henry Moore - Artist |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Kim Thomas | Executive Producer |
| Chris Granlund | Producer |
| Roger Parsons | Producer |
| Sam Hobkinson | Producer |
