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Great Expectations

2023 · 1 season

A moody, grimy Victorian coming-of-age that feels like a slow, uneasy descent into class anxiety and warped love.

Created by
Steven Knight
Genres
Drama
Starring
Olivia Colman, Fionn Whitehead, Ashley Thomas
Tagline
A classic tale reimagined.
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.

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Created by
Steven Knight
Genres
Drama
Starring
Olivia Colman, Fionn Whitehead, Ashley Thomas
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • identity
  • obsession
  • coming-of-age
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Steven Knight
Written by
Steven Knight
Starring
Olivia Colman, Fionn Whitehead, Ashley Thomas, Johnny Harris, Hayley Squires, Owen McDonnell, Trystan Gravelle, Matt Berry
Music
Keefus Ciancia
Cinematography
Dan Atherton, Kate Reid
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes
Network
BBC One, Hulu
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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