Nicholas Nickleby - Season 1
1 - Fine Beginnings
Air Date: February 11, 1968
Nicholas and his sister Kate arrive penniless and jobless in London after the death of their father. Nicholas has an important encounter with Newman Noggs.
2 - Dotheboys Hall
Air Date: February 18, 1968
Nicholas has been found employment by his Uncle Ralph at Dotheboys Hall, an academy for boys owned by the drunken and brutal Wackford Squeers.
3 - The Escape
Air Date: February 25, 1968
Nicholas is appalled to find that Squeers is being cruel to the crippled boy Smike and makes plans to escape. Nicholas and Smike set out to London.
4 - The Dinner Party
Air Date: March 3, 1968
Kate is invited to dinner by Uncle Ralph, where she suffers from unwanted attention. On his arrival in London, Nicholas is informed of an accusation against him.
5 - The Profession
Air Date: March 10, 1968
Nicholas refuses to restore Smike to Squeers' cruelties, so the duo leave London and find employment with Vincent Crummles and his company of strolling players.
6 - The Gallants
Air Date: March 17, 1968
Kate is still hounded by the unwanted affections of Sir Mulberry Hawk and Lord Verisopht. Nicholas and Smike prepare to take to the stage.
7 - Account Rendered
Air Date: March 24, 1968
Nicholas and Smike decide to return to London after Nicholas receives a letter from Newman Noggs concerned about Uncle Ralph’s treatment of Kate.
8 - Captured
Air Date: March 31, 1968
Nicholas finds employment with the kindly Cheeryble brothers while Smike is in for a shock after Squeers arrives in London and begins plotting with Ralph.
9 - Escape
Air Date: April 7, 1968
Smike gets captured by Squeers but help is soon at hand from John and Tilda. Meanwhile, Nicholas is directed by the Cheerybles to meet Madeleine Bray.
10 - Madeline Bray
Air Date: April 14, 1968
Unknown to Madeline, Ralph and Gride have come upon some important information about her. Meanwhile, Smike falls ill after escaping from Squeers.
11 - The Duel
Air Date: April 21, 1968
It’s pistols at dawn as a duel to the death takes place, and Nicholas interrupts the marriage of his beloved with equally tragic consequences.
12 - A Journey for Smike
Air Date: April 28, 1968
Ralph and Squeers conspire one final time to steal Madeline’s inheritance papers as Smike takes a turn for the worse.
13 - Smike's Father
Air Date: May 5, 1968
Noggs and Cheeryble come to Nicholas’s and Madeline’s aid as Squeers and Ralph finally get their comeuppance and the secret of Smike's parentage is revealed.