A young man is driven from his once idyllic home by his cruel stepfather, and sets out to find his place in the strange world of 1840s London. Discovering a love of language, he yearns to become a writer, and his pursuit of this goal leads him to cross paths with an assortment of eccentric characters. Armando Iannucci's adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel, starring Dev Patel, Peter Capaldi, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton and Ben Whishaw