▁Charlie ▁H unn am , ▁Anne ▁H ath away , ▁Jam ie ▁Bell , ▁Alan ▁C um ming , ▁Jim ▁Broad b ent , ▁Christopher ▁Pl um mer , ▁Jul iet ▁Stevens on , ▁Nathan ▁Lane , ▁Tom ▁Cour ten ay ▁and ▁Barry ▁Hum ph ries . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁the ▁novel ▁was ▁adapted ▁as ▁a ▁modern ▁drama ▁( with ▁several ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁plot ▁and ▁characters ) ▁for ▁the ▁BBC , ▁fil med ▁in ▁B elf ast , ▁Northern ▁Ireland , ▁with ▁mainly ▁local ▁actors . ▁The ▁five - part ▁series ▁was ▁titled ▁Nick ▁Nick le by . ▁In ▁this ▁version , ▁the ▁title ▁character ▁is ▁played ▁by ▁Andrew ▁Sim pson , ▁with ▁L inda ▁Bass ett ▁as ▁Mrs ▁S mi ke , ▁Ad rian ▁Dun bar ▁as ▁Ralph ▁Nick le by , ▁Jonathan ▁H arden ▁as ▁New man ▁N og gs ▁( also ▁narr ating ▁the ▁series ), ▁Bron agh ▁Gall ag her ▁as ▁Mrs ▁Nick le by ▁and ▁Jay ne ▁Wis ener ▁( K at ▁Nick le by ) ▁also ▁st arring . ▁It ▁was ▁a ired ▁on ▁BBC ▁One ▁from ▁ 5 – 9 ▁November ▁at ▁ 2 : 1 5 pm . ▁Each ▁episode ▁was ▁ 4 5 ▁minutes ▁long ▁and ▁produced ▁by ▁Kind le ▁Entertainment ▁Ltd ▁and ▁distributed ▁by ▁Ind igo ▁Film ▁and ▁Television . ▁ ▁Public ation ▁Nicholas ▁Nick le by ▁was ▁originally ▁issued ▁in ▁ 1 9 ▁month ly ▁numbers ; ▁the ▁last ▁was ▁a ▁double - number ▁and ▁cost