在这部匹克威克外传剧情片中,一位独身的老绅士匹克威克先生，是一个“名流”，也是一个“学者”，又是以他的姓氏命名的一个社团(“匹克威克社”)的创办人。他带着几个“匹克威克派”出去游历。一路碰到了种种滑稽可笑的人和事，经过大约两年，他的追随者和他自己都觉得游历够了，“匹克威克社”也宣告解散了，匹克威克先生实行了“退隐”，故事也就此结束了。
A twelve-part BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens first novel. The story follows Samuel Pickwick and three other members of The Pickwick Club as they travel throughout the English countryside by coach observing the phenomena of life and human nature, and recording their experiences for the other members of The Pickwick Club. Their memoirs of these experiences are the Pickwick Papers of the novel's title. During their travels Pickwick and Friends manage to land themselves in many humorous and sometimes hair-raising misadventures. The episodes are roughly thirty minutes' duration and are framed with a lively narration.
