TV series

Little Dorrit

2008 · 1 season

A richly woven Dickensian tapestry of secrets and social satire, unfolding slowly with warmth and melancholy.

Overview: Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
How it feels: Melancholic, satirical, warm and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Class, family, love, identity
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
family
love
identity
justice
Places: big city
single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild