Great Expectations (1999)
Synopsis
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.
First Air Date: 1999-04-12
Last Air Date: 1999-04-13
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 2
Created By: Tony Marchant
Networks: PBS, BBC Two
Top Cast
- Ioan Gruffudd as Pip
- Justine Waddell as Estella
- Charlotte Rampling as Miss Havisham
- Laura Aikman as Young Biddy
- Nicholas Blane as Blane Wopsle
- Selina Cadell as Sarah Pocket
- Jo Cameron Brown as Miss Skiffins
- Emma Cunniffe as Biddy
- Tony Curran as Orlick
- Laurence Dobiesz as Young Herbert
Seasons
Season 1 (1999)
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.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Part One
Young Pip lives with his tyrranical sister and her blacksmith husband, Joe until a nightmarish encounter with an escaped convict, Magwitch, forces him to visit the stately Satis House.
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Ep. 2: Part Two
Despite Pip's desire for an education and change in his status, he will become Joe's apprentice at the forgery.
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