In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.

• BBC Film
• Headline Pictures
• Ralph Fiennes
• Felicity Jones
• Joanna Scanlan
• Kristin Scott Thomas
• Tom Hollander
• Michelle Fairley
• John Kavanagh
• Amanda Hale