Great Expectations

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A raw and passionate adaptation of one of Dickens' finest novels starring Ray Winstone, Douglas Booth and Gillian Anderson. On a cold winter's day, an 11-year-old orphan - Pip - runs into escaped convict Magwitch. Magwitch orders the terrified boy to steal a file from his uncle's forge to remove his shackles. When Pip returns, he brings food as well as the file - an innocent act of kindness that has far reaching consequences for them both. Meanwhile, Miss Havisham, the reclusive owner of the grand and dilapidated Satis House, requests Pip's presence as a playmate to her adopted daughter, the cold-hearted but beautiful Estella. Just as Pip begins to believe that Miss Havisham is planning a future for him beyond the marshes, his hopes are dashed when she reveals she is paying for him to join his uncle as a blacksmith. Everything changes when Jaggers, a lawyer from London, makes a surprise visit. Pip is now a young man of great expectations and will inherit a fortune when he reaches 21. There is only one condition. Pip must not enquire into the identity of his benefactor. With his heart set on seeing Estella again, Pip leaves his family and all he knows to embark on a new life in London as a gentleman. Part thriller, part mystery, this is an epic tale of obsession, corruption, revenge, redemption and forgiveness. With the shadow of the gallows always present, it is a story of what we will do, what we will risk and just how far we will go for love.

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Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Programme Name
  • Great Expectations
Channel
  • UKTV
Broadcaster
  • Sky Network Television
Description
  • A raw and passionate adaptation of one of Dickens' finest novels starring Ray Winstone, Douglas Booth and Gillian Anderson. On a cold winter's day, an 11-year-old orphan - Pip - runs into escaped convict Magwitch. Magwitch orders the terrified boy to steal a file from his uncle's forge to remove his shackles. When Pip returns, he brings food as well as the file - an innocent act of kindness that has far reaching consequences for them both. Meanwhile, Miss Havisham, the reclusive owner of the grand and dilapidated Satis House, requests Pip's presence as a playmate to her adopted daughter, the cold-hearted but beautiful Estella. Just as Pip begins to believe that Miss Havisham is planning a future for him beyond the marshes, his hopes are dashed when she reveals she is paying for him to join his uncle as a blacksmith. Everything changes when Jaggers, a lawyer from London, makes a surprise visit. Pip is now a young man of great expectations and will inherit a fortune when he reaches 21. There is only one condition. Pip must not enquire into the identity of his benefactor. With his heart set on seeing Estella again, Pip leaves his family and all he knows to embark on a new life in London as a gentleman. Part thriller, part mystery, this is an epic tale of obsession, corruption, revenge, redemption and forgiveness. With the shadow of the gallows always present, it is a story of what we will do, what we will risk and just how far we will go for love.