Great Expectations

Name: Great Expectations
Genre: Drama
Released: 2011-12-27
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Douglas Booth, Jack Roth, Ray Winstone, David Suchet, Paul Rhys

ENDED1 Season3 Episodes★ 7.3

Great Expectations is a drama series on BBC One that premiered in 2011, ending after 1 season and 3 episodes.

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NetworkBBC One

First AiredDec 27, 2011

Last AiredDec 29, 2011

GenreDrama

Runtime60 min

Created ByBrian Kirk

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited Kingdom

ProductionBBC, Masterpiece

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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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

Seasons & Episodes1 season · 3 episodes

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E1Episode 1

Dec 27, 201160m★ 8.5

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.

E2Episode 2

Dec 28, 201160m★ 8.5

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.

E3Episode 3

Dec 29, 201160m★ 8.5

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.

About Great Expectations

Great Expectations is a drama series on BBC One. The show first aired on Dec 27, 2011 and currently has 1 season and 3 episodes. Great Expectations has ended. It has a rating of 7.3/10 based on 111 votes. The cast includes Douglas Booth, Jack Roth, Ray Winstone, David Suchet, Paul Rhys. Created by Brian Kirk.