Great Expectations (1989)

07/09/1989 (GB) • 45m

Drama

Overview

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

Top Billed Cast

Anthony Calf

Pip

6 Episodes

John Rhys-Davies

Joe Gargery

6 Episodes

Jean Simmons

Miss Havisham

6 Episodes

Kim Thomson

Estella

6 Episodes

Ray McAnally

Mr Jaggers

6 Episodes


Last Season

Miniseries

1989 | 6 Episodes

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

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Status

Ended

Network

networknetwork

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

based on novel or book

rags to riches

victorian england

miniseries

orphan

19th century

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