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Great Expectations
"Everything can change in a heartbeat."
Overview
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.
Status
Ended
Created By
Brian Kirk
Network
BBC One, PBS
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes
Episode 1
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
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
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.
Top Cast
Douglas Booth
Philip 'Pip' Pirrip
Jack Roth
Dolge Orlick
Ray Winstone
Abel Magwitch
David Suchet
Mr. Jaggers
Paul Rhys
Compeyson/Denby
Shaun Dooley
Joe Gargery
Gillian Anderson
Miss Havisham
Vanessa Kirby
Estella
Mark Addy
Mr. Pumblechook
