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Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Everything can change in a heartbeat.

TV-PG2011•1h 0m•7.3/10
Drama

Ratings

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7.3/10(107)

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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Production

BBC, Masterpiece

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

December 27, 2011

Last Aired

December 29, 2011

Networks

BBC One, PBS

Created By

Brian Kirk

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Episode 1
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 2011-12-27
A terrifying encounter on the marshes with an escaped convict and a summons from the mysterious Miss Havisham change orphan Pip's life forever. He dares to believe he might be destined for a future beyond the marshes —a future linked to that of the beautiful Estella.
Episode 2
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2011-12-28
Pip starts his new life as a gentleman in London, quickly acquiring expensive tastes and mounting debts. He falls deeper in love with Estella and escorts her around town. As his twenty-first birthday approaches, Pip waits for his benefactor and their intentions to be revealed.
Episode 3
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2011-12-29
Pip wants nothing to do with Magwitch and rushes to confront Miss Havisham. At Satis House he learns that Estella may be lost to him. Back in London, Wemmick warns him that the penalty for Magwitch's return from Australia will be hanging. Now Pip must help him escape.

Cast

Douglas Booth

Douglas Booth

Philip 'Pip' Pirrip

Jack Roth

Jack Roth

Dolge Orlick

Ray Winstone

Ray Winstone

Abel Magwitch

David Suchet

David Suchet

Mr. Jaggers

Paul Rhys

Paul Rhys

Compeyson/Denby

Shaun Dooley

Shaun Dooley

Joe Gargery

Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson

Miss Havisham

Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa Kirby

Estella

Mark Addy

Mark Addy

Mr. Pumblechook

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