Great Expectations (1981 miniseries)

Great Expectations is a 1981 BBC TV miniseries, based on the novel by Charles Dickens. It was directed by Julian Amyes and adapted by James Andrew Hall.

Cast

Gerry Sundquist - Pip
Joan Hickson - Miss Havisham
Stratford Johns - Abel Magwitch
Phillip Joseph - Joe Gargery
Sarah-Jane Varley - Estella
Derek Francis - Jaggers
Colin Jeavons - Mr. Wemmick
Tim Munro - Herbert Pocket
Linal Haft - Orlick
Peter Whitbread - Compeyson
Christine Absalom - Biddy
Iain Ormsby-Knox - Bentley Drummle
John Stratton - Uncle Pumblechook
Marjorie Yates - Mrs. Joe Gargery
Patsy Kensit - 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

External links

Great Expectations at the Internet Movie Database

Charles Dickens's Great Expectations

Characters	Philip "Pip" Pirrip Estella Havisham Compeyson Miss Havisham Abel Magwitch John Wemmick

Adaptations	1917 film 1934 film 1946 film 1955 Hong Kong film adaptation 1974 TV film 1981 miniseries 1991 miniseries 1998 film 1999 TV film South Park retelling (2000) 2011 miniseries 2012 film 2016 Bollywood adaptation

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