Great Expectations (1981)
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: 1981-10-04
Last Air Date: 1981-12-27
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 13
Created By: James Andrew Hall
Networks: BBC One
Top Cast
- Gerry Sundquist as Pip
- Tim Munro as Herbert Pocket
- Derek Francis as Mr Jaggers
- Colin Jeavons as Wemmick
- Stratford Johns as Abel Magwitch
- Phillip Joseph as Joe Gargery
- Linal Haft as Orlick
- Peter Whitbread as Compeyson
- Joan Hickson as Miss Havisham
- Kevin Hart as Startop
Seasons
Miniseries (1981)
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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Ep. 1: Episode 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: Episode Two (Part One)
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Ep. 3: Episode Two (Part Two)
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Ep. 4: Episode Three
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Ep. 5: Episode Four
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Ep. 6: Episode Five
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Ep. 7: Episode Six
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Ep. 8: Episode Seven
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Ep. 9: Episode Eight
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Ep. 10: Episode Nine
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Ep. 11: Episode Ten
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Ep. 12: Episode Eleven
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Ep. 13: Episode Twelve
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