Dombey and Son (1969)
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 13 episodes
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wealthy businessman focuses all his hopes on his son to inherit his shipping company. After the boy and his wife die, he ignores his daughter until he is near death himself.
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What happens
Dombey and Son is a 1969 British TV drama serial directed by Joan Craft based on the 1848 novel by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of a wealthy shipping business owner who, after the death of his wife and only son intended to take over the business, neglects his daughter, only to reconcile with her shortly before his own death. The series survived the BBC's wiping policy and was released to DVD in 2017 by Simply Media. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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