Great Expectations
1989 Drama 1 season
TMDB rating 7.2/10 Ended
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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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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TMDB rating 8.3/10
Cast and details
Anthony CalfPip
John Rhys-DaviesJoe Gargery
Jean SimmonsMiss Havisham
Kim ThomsonEstella
Ray McAnallyMr Jaggers
Anthony HopkinsAbel Magwitch- Adam BlackwoodHerbert Pocket
- Susan FranklynBiddy
- Niven BoydOrlick
Sean ArnoldCompeyson
Mark WilliamsMr. Trabb's Son- Rosemary McHaleMrs Gargery
- Created by
- John Goldsmith
- Network
- ITV1, Disney Channel
- First aired
- Jul 9, 1989
- Latest episode
- Jul 11, 1989
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