TV series

Great Expectations

Name: Great Expectations
Released: 1989
Cast: Anthony Calf, John Rhys-Davies, Jean Simmons, Kim Thomson, Ray McAnally

1989· 1 season· 45 min episodesNR★ 7.2Ended

On ITV1 · Disney Channel — From HTV · Tesauro Television

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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.

Themes

based on novel or book rags to riches victorian england miniseries orphan 19th century

Episodes

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E1 Chapter One: An Eerie WorldNext upJul 9, 1989 · 52 min · ★ 8.3
Guest stars
Guest stars: Anthony Hopkins (Abel Magwitch), Adam Blackwood (Herbert Pocket), Susan Franklyn (Biddy), Niven Boyd (Orlick), Sean Arnold (Compeyson), Mark Williams (Mr. Trabb's Son), Rosemary McHale (Mrs Gargery), Frank Middlemass (Uncle Pumblechook)
E2 Chapter Two: The Secret BenefactorJul 9, 1989 · 52 min · ★ 8.3
Guest stars
Guest stars: Anthony Hopkins (Abel Magwitch), Adam Blackwood (Herbert Pocket), Susan Franklyn (Biddy), Niven Boyd (Orlick), Sean Arnold (Compeyson), Mark Williams (Mr. Trabb's Son), Rosemary McHale (Mrs Gargery), Frank Middlemass (Uncle Pumblechook)
E3 Chapter Three: The Education of a GentlemanJul 10, 1989 · 51 min · ★ 8.3
Guest stars
Guest stars: Adam Blackwood (Herbert Pocket), Susan Franklyn (Biddy), Niven Boyd (Orlick), Sean Arnold (Compeyson), Mark Williams (Mr. Trabb's Son), Charles Lewsen (Mr Wemmick), Owen Teale (Mr Drummle), Frank Thornton (Mr Trabb)
E4 Chapter Four: A Decaying LifeJul 10, 1989 · 48 min · ★ 8.3
E5 Chapter Five: The Hunt for MagwitchJul 11, 1989 · 50 min · ★ 8.3
Guest stars
Guest stars: Anthony Hopkins (Abel Magwitch)
E6 Chapter Six: Late RegretJul 11, 1989 · 52 min · ★ 8.3
Guest stars
Guest stars: Anthony Hopkins (Abel Magwitch)