fill with striking character and cunning plot twist and this film keep you on your toe . two romance plotlines and a murder mystery and a number of stalker and an inheritance all hang in the balance . who will survive and and who will be change . steven mackintosh give a nuanced performance a john rokesmith or john harmond and a young man with a past he would as soon forget and an uncertain future . paul mcgann be also wonderful a the dickensian lawyer eugene rayburn and a bored young man whose life be change forever when he meet lizzie and the daughter of a man who find body in the thames and and when he confront bradley headstone and the psychotic schoolmaster who be obsess with lizzie . also of note be the actress who play lizzie and the money obsess bella wilfer and since so much of the story hinge on their believability . be dickens ever so much fun before .