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Great Expectations (1967)

Great Expectations poster
Genre
drama
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 10 episodes
Rated
PG
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A poor orphan boy named Pip is given a chance to become a gentleman by a mysterious benefactor. He navigates love, class, and secrets in Victorian England.

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What happens

Great Expectations is a British television series which first aired on BBC1 in 1967. It is an adaptation of the 1861 novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, which follows a humble orphan suddenly becoming a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor. All episodes survived the BBC's routine junking and were released on DVD in April 2017 by Simply Media. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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