Little Dorrit (2008)

Directed by

Dearbhla Walsh, Diarmuid Lawrence

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 14 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 78 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman named Amy Dorrit lives in a debtors prison with her father. As she works as a seamstress, her life becomes entangled with a wealthy family and a mysterious inheritance.

perioddramaticemotionalintricateslow-burnpoignantgenteelromantic

What happens

Little Dorrit is a 2008 British miniseries based on Charles Dickens's serial novel of the same title, originally published between 1855 and 1857. The screenplay is by Andrew Davies and the episodes were directed by Adam Smith, Dearbhla Walsh, and Diarmuid Lawrence. The series was a joint production of the BBC and the American PBS member station WGBH Boston. It originally was broadcast by BBC One and BBC HD, beginning on 26 October 2008 with a 60-minute opening episode, followed by 12 half-hour episodes and a 60-minute finale. In the United States, it aired in five episodes as part of PBS's Masterpiece series between 29 March and 26 April 2009. In Australia, episodes were combined into seven-parts on ABC1 each Sunday at 8:30pm from 27 June 2010 and has since been repeated on UKTV. The series won seven Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Miniseries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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