Great Expectations (1981 TV series)

Great Expectations is a 1981 BBC drama serial based on the 1861 novel by Charles Dickens. It was directed by Julian Amyes and adapted by James Andrew Hall.

Plot summary

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

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