Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty (commonly known as Barnaby Rudge) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens. The plot is a murder mystery interwoven with the historical events of England's Gordon riots of 1780, a violent and bloody clash between fanatical, anti-Catholic Protestants, who vehemently opposed Parliament's recent legislation, the Catholic Relief Act of 1778, which loosened some of England's stringent, Anti-Catholic Penal laws. This opposition is alluded to throughout the novel by some of the characters' recurring demotic cries of "no-popery". The action is seen through the eyes of the good-hearted title character, the idiot Barnaby Rudge.
Show Info
Network: BBC One
(1960 -
1960)
Schedule: Fridays at 20:00
(30 min)
Status: Ended
Show Type:
Scripted
Genres:
Drama
Episodes ordered: 13 episodes
(waiting for more votes)
Previous Episode
Episode 13
Episode 1x13; Dec 23, 1960
Previous Episodes
Episode Name | Airdate | Trailer |
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1x13: Episode 13 | Dec 23, 1960 | |
1x12: Episode 12 | Dec 16, 1960 | |
1x11: Episode 11 | Dec 9, 1960 |
Extra Details
Also known as:
- Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty