Great Expectations (2011)

12/27/2011 (GB) • 1h

Drama

Everything can change in a heartbeat.

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

Douglas Booth

Philip 'Pip' Pirrip

3 Episodes

Jack Roth

Dolge Orlick

3 Episodes

Ray Winstone

Abel Magwitch

3 Episodes

David Suchet

Mr. Jaggers

3 Episodes

Paul Rhys

Compeyson/Denby

3 Episodes

Shaun Dooley

Joe Gargery

3 Episodes

Gillian Anderson

Miss Havisham

3 Episodes

Vanessa Kirby

Estella

3 Episodes

Mark Addy

Mr. Pumblechook

3 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

2011 | 3 Episodes

Season 1 of Great Expectations premiered on December 27, 2011.

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Status

Ended

Network

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Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

child abuse

based on novel or book

manipulation

rags to riches

escaped convict

victorian england

fugitive

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poverty

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historical

british history

historical drama

19th century

secret benefactor

young gentleman

victorian era

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