Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Everything can change in a heartbeat.

TV-PG Limited Series 2011 · 3 eps · ★ 7.3 · Drama

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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.

Created by Brian Kirk

Networks: BBC One, PBS

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Douglas Booth Philip 'Pip' Pirrip
Jack Roth Dolge Orlick
Ray Winstone Abel Magwitch
David Suchet Mr. Jaggers
Shaun Dooley Joe Gargery
Gillian Anderson Miss Havisham
Vanessa Kirby Estella
Mark Addy Mr. Pumblechook
Paul Rhys Denby
Claire Rushbrook Mrs. Gargery
Mary Roscoe Hannah
Steve Lately Mike

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