Our Mutual Friend
Love in a city where class governs all
Created by Sandy Welch
On BBC Two
A Victorian period drama built on romantic entanglement and class conflict, where a staged death and assumed identity drive both plot and emotional stakes across a brief, beautifully realized miniseries.
After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to avoid the marriage and the threats on his life. He returns as John Rokesmith and becomes the secretary for the Boffins, who inherit Harmon's estate following his alleged death.
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