Tom Burke (actor) he played Bentley Drummle in two episodes of BBC's adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations". In 2012 he became a regular cast member in the second series of BBC Two's "The Hour" playing the part of journalist Bill Kendall. Since January 2014 he has played Athos on the BBC One series, "The Musketeers", an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' "The Three Musketeers". He also plays Cormoran Strike in the BBC miniseries "Strike" based on J.K. Rowling's detective novels. In 2004 he had his first cinema part in "The Libertine". In 2007 he played an aspiring filmmaker who ends up directing a
Richard Bentley (publisher) and 1840s, at which important writers and critics gathered. In October 1836, Bentley entered the periodical market. He founded "Bentley's Miscellany", which first appeared in January 1837, and selected Charles Dickens, known at the time for his "Pickwick Papers", as editor. Dickens also agreed to contribute a serialised novel to the periodical and to sell two novels to Bentley. The periodical was "an immediate success" – 11,000 copies were sold in 1837 – largely as a result of the serialisation of Dickens's "Oliver Twist", illustrated by George Cruikshank. Dickens became increasingly frustrated at the initial terms of his contract, which