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Little Dorrit
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Little Dorrit

Sun, Oct 26, 2008
  • Drama
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

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  • Claire Foy
    Claire Foy
    as Amy Dorrit
  • Matthew Macfadyen
    Matthew Macfadyen
    as Arthur Clennam
  • Tom Courtenay
    Tom Courtenay
    as Mr. Dorrit
  • Judy Parfitt
    Judy Parfitt
    as Mrs. Clennam
  • Emma Pierson
    Emma Pierson
    as Fanny Dorrit
  • Alun Armstrong
    Alun Armstrong
    as Ephraim Flintwinch
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Episodes

1 season · 14 episodes

Ended · 14 aired
Season 1
14 episodes · 14 aired
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  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Sun, Oct 26, 2008 · 30m

    New adaptation of Dickens' story of love, honour and debt in 1820s London, written by Andrew Davies. Arthur Clennam seeks to learn more about young seamstress Amy Dorrit.

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Thu, Oct 30, 2008 · 30m

    Arthur befriends Amy Dorrit and involves himself in her family's affairs, hoping to pay off her brother's debt and give him the chance to start again.

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Wed, Nov 5, 2008 · 30m

    Flintwinch taunts Arthur's mother about the mystery at the heart of the House of Clennam, while Amy discovers that 'a gentleman' has paid off her brother's debts, and Arthur is invited to Twickenham to renew his acquaintance with the lovely Pet Meagles.

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Thu, Nov 6, 2008 · 30m

    Amy receives a proposal of marriage which throws her into confusion, Arthur is taken on as a partner in Daniel Doyce's engineering works, and the French villain Rigaud arrives in London.

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Wed, Nov 12, 2008 · 30m

    Amy accompanies her sister Fanny to meet Mrs Merdle, queen bee of London society. Meanwhile, Rigaud comes into possession of the Clennam papers, and Chivery the turnkey asks Arthur to put in a word for young John with Amy.

  • E6
    Episode 6
    Aired · Thu, Nov 13, 2008 · 30m

    Pancks recruits John Chivery to help him solve the mystery that connects the Dorrit family with the House of Clennam, while Arthur proposes to Pet Meagles. Elsewhere, Tattycoram runs away from Twickenham, and Amy resigns herself to a life without the man she loves.

  • E7
    Episode 7
    Aired · Wed, Nov 19, 2008 · 30m

    Rigaud introduces himself to the House of Clennam, while Arthur is best man at Pet's marriage to Henry Gowan. Pancks concludes his investigation into the Dorrit family's long incarceration in the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison, and Arthur and Amy break momentous news to Mr Dorrit.

  • E8
    Episode 8
    Aired · Thu, Nov 20, 2008 · 30m

    Costume drama based on the Dickens novel. Mr Dorrit is released from prison after more than twenty years, and takes his family abroad to reinvent themselves as members of society.

  • E9
    Episode 9
    Aired · Wed, Nov 26, 2008 · 30m

    Costume drama based on the Dickens novel. The Dorrits arrive in Venice, and Fanny renews an old acquaintance with Edmund Sparkler and his redoubtable mother Mrs Merdle.

  • E10
    Episode 10
    Aired · Thu, Nov 27, 2008 · 30m

    Fanny has stolen the heart of Edmund Sparkler, whose mother, Mrs Merdle, is determined to separate them once and for all. Meanwhile, Merdle's Bank is besieged by investors, and Arthur is worried when he sees a suspicious French stranger - the villainous Rigaud - at his mother's house.

  • E11
    Episode 11
    Aired · Wed, Dec 3, 2008 · 30m

    Romance is in the air as Mrs General starts her campaign to woo Mr Dorrit, and Fanny turns the full beam of her attention on Sparkler. Meanwhile, an unwelcome reminder of the old days comes to haunt Mr Dorrit in Venice.

  • E12
    Episode 12
    Aired · Thu, Dec 4, 2008 · 30m

    Mr Dorrit leaves Amy behind in Venice as he returns to London with newlyweds Fanny and Sparkler, but the high life is not all he had hoped it would be. Meanwhile, Arthur invests Doyce and Clennam's capital in Merdle's Bank, and Flora investigates the disappearance of Rigaud.

  • E13
    Episode 13
    Aired · Wed, Dec 10, 2008 · 30m

    Mr Dorrit returns to Venice, a broken man, after a visit to London revives unwelcome memories. Arthur warns his mother that she may be in danger from Rigaud. And Amy and Arthur meet again.

  • E14
    Episode 14
    Aired · Thu, Dec 11, 2008 · 30m

    Costume drama. Mr Merdle's death and the collapse of Merdle's Bank send shockwaves through London as thousands face financial ruin. Arthur returns to the Marshalsea a prisoner.