''Great Expectations'' is a 1981

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drama serial based on the 1861 novel by

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and Social criticism, social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by ...

. It was directed by Julian Amyes and adapted by James Andrew Hall.

Plot summary

Cast

* Gerry Sundquist - Pip *

Joan Hickson Joan Bogle Hickson (5 August 1906 – 17 October 1998) was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She was known for her role as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series '' Miss Marple''. She also narrated a number of ...

Miss Havisham Miss Havisham is a character in Charles Dickens's 1861 novel ''Great Expectations''. She is a wealthy spinster, once jilted at the altar, who insists on wearing her wedding dress for the rest of her life. She lives in a ruined mansion with her ...

* Stratford Johns -

Abel Magwitch Abel Magwitch is a major fictional character from Charles Dickens' 1861 novel ''Great Expectations''. Synopsis Charles Dickens set his story in the early 19th century, setting his character Abel Magwitch to meet a man called Compeyson at the Epso ...

* Phillip Joseph - Joe Gargery * Sarah-Jane Varley - Estella *

Derek Francis Derek Francis (7 November 1923 – 27 March 1984) was an English comedy and character actor. Biography Francis was a regular in the Carry On film players, appearing in six of the films in the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in '' The Tomb of Lig ...

- Jaggers * Colin Jeavons - Mr. Wemmick * Tim Munro -

Herbert Pocket ''Great Expectations'' is the thirteenth novel by English author Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. The novel is a bildungsroman and depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip (Great Expectations), Pip. It is Dickens' ...

* Linal Haft - Orlick * Peter Whitbread -

Compeyson Compeyson is the main antagonist of Charles Dickens' 1861 novel '' Great Expectations'', a ' George Wickham'-esque man, whose criminal activities harmed two people, who in turn shaped much of protagonist Pip's life. Compeyson abandoned Miss Hav ...

* Christine Absalom - Biddy * Iain Ormsby-Knox - Bentley Drummle * John Stratton - Uncle Pumblechook *

Marjorie Yates Marjorie Yates (born 13 April 1941) is a British actress best known for her role as Carol Fisher in the Channel 4 drama '' Shameless''. Early life Yates was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, and studied at the Bournville College of Art. ...

- Mrs. Joe Gargery *

Patsy Kensit Patricia Jude Francis Kensit (born 4 March 1968) is an English actress and singer. Beginning her career as a child actor, Kensit gained attention when she acted in a string of commercials for Birds Eye frozen peas. She went on to appear in films ...

- Young Estella * Peter Benson - Mr. Wopsle * Melanie Hughes - Clara Barley * Colin Mayes - Trabb's boy * Graham McGrath - Pip (aged 9) * Paul Davies Prowles - Pip (aged 12) * Tony Sympson - Aged Parent * Janet Henfrey - Camilla

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