The Pickwick PapersMiniseriesSeason 1 · 1985 · 12 episodesEpisodes1Episode OneMr Pickwick, Tupman, Winkle and Snodgrass begin their travels.2Episode TwoMr Winkle has been challenged to a duel by the ferocious Dr. Slammer.3Episode ThreeMr Winkle is in disgrace after accidentally shooting Mr Tupman on a rook-hunting expedition. Mr Pickwick and his friends have decided to go to the cricket match at Dingley Dell.4Episode FourMr Pickwick, Mr Wardle and Mr Perker (Pickwick's lawyer) have succeeded in catching up with Mr Jingle and Rachel at the White Hart Inn. With the help of Sam Weller, they confront the unsuspecting runaways.5Episode FiveMr Pickwick re-encounters Mr Jingle at Mrs Leo Hunter's breakfast party, but Mr Jingle evades him. Accompanied by Sam Weller, Mr Pickwick pursues Jingle to Bury, determined to track him down.6Episode SixAfter escaping from the pound, Mr Pickwick sets off for London to see Messrs Dodson and Fogg, to demand an axplanation of Mrs Bardell's writ for breach of promise.7Episode SevenDue to an unfortunate mishap Mr Pickwick has placed Miss Witherfield in an embarrassing position and quarrelled with Peter Magnus. Miss Witherfield fears the quarrel may result in a duel, and decides to take action.8Episode EightMr Pickwick and his companions have extricated themselves from their predicament with Mr Nupkins and are setting off to spend Christmas with Mr Wardle at Dingley Dell.9Episode NineThe case of Bardell vs. Pickwick comes to court, and Mr Pickwick prepares for his ordeal.10Episode TenMr Pickwick has lost the case of Bardell v. Pickwick; costs and heavy damages have been awarded against him. Outraged at this injustice, Mr Pickwick declares that sooner than pay one penny to Dodson and Fogg he will go to prison.11Episode ElevenMr Pickwick, holding to his resolution not to pay the damages awarded against him, is in the Fleet prison, where he is shocked and saddened by the misery around him. It seems he has even lost the services of Sam Weller.12Episode TwelveMr Pickwick has paid the costs of his court case, securing his own, and Mrs Bardell's release. He now has to sort out the problems caused by Mr Winkle's runaway marriage.
