TV series
Great Expectations
1989 · 1 season
A stately, faithful Victorian drama that lingers on class, shame and thwarted love, rewarding patience with rich performances and a sombre, romantic mood.
- Created by
- John Goldsmith
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Anthony Calf, John Rhys-Davies, Jean Simmons
- 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.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, dark, romantic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Class, identity, love, betrayal
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- John Goldsmith
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Anthony Calf, John Rhys-Davies, Jean Simmons
