Part 5 of 9 of the period drama. As Quilp sets off in hot pursuit of Nell and her grandfather, Mr Trent gambles away more of their money in a card game with two men. Nell secretly watches him and later discovers her own money has gone. Dick Swiveller befriends a young girl known only as the Small Servant, who reveals that she is badly treated by their employers Solomon and Sally Brass and tells of Quilp's visits to them and what they talk about. And the mysterious gentleman seeks out Kit Nubbles at his new lodgings with the Garlands hoping to find out where Nell and her grandfather may be, leaving Kit to wonder why he is so keen to find them.
Starring Natalie Ogle, Sebastian Shaw, Trevor Peacock, Chrsitopher Fairbank, Granville Saxton, Annabelle Lanyon, Colin Jeavons, Freda Dowie, Margaret Courtenay, James Marcus, Wensley Pithey, Laurence Hardy, Keith Hazemore, Peter Bland, John Kearney, Hal Jeayes, Freda Jackson and Sandra Payne.
