

Great Expectations
1999-04-12 · 83 min / episode · ★ 5.0
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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- Creators
- Tony Marchant
- Production companies
- GBH, BBC Worldwide
- Countries
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Status
- Ended
Top Cast
Ioan GruffuddPip
Justine WaddellEstella
Charlotte RamplingMiss Havisham
Laura AikmanYoung Biddy
Nicholas BlaneBlane Wopsle
Selina CadellSarah Pocket
Emma CunniffeBiddy
Tony CurranOrlick
Laurence DobieszYoung Herbert
Michael EavesPolice Officer
Daniel EvansHerbert Pocket
Gemma GregoryYoung Estella
Bernard HillAbel Magwitch
James HillierBentley Drummle
David HorovitchMatthew Pocket
Alex LeppardGaoler
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