Don't miss episode three of Little Dorrit this Sunday, April 12th, on MASTERPIECE CLASSIC. Schemes and secrets are the order of the day, but when fate intervenes, an enormous surprise awaits.
Airing March 29 - April 26, 2009 on PBS Check local listings
Amy Dorrit's (Claire Foy) gentle spirit has never been dampened by the confining walls of the Marshalsea Prison she's lived in her whole life. Despite the dark shadow of debtor's prison, Amy lovingly cares for her father William Dorrit (Tom Courtenay), the longest serving inmate. A possibly redemptive light unexpectedly shines in the form of Arthur Clennam (Matthew Macfadyen), who has been left with the intriguing threads of a mystery after his father's death — threads that will intertwine his family and fate with the Dorrits. Clennam's exhaustive search for answers involves murder, fortunes gained and lost, the upper echelons and lowest dregs of society, and most surprising of all, a tender romance. Adapted by Andrew Davies (Bleak House, Pride and Prejudice), Little Dorrit, based on the book by Charles Dickens, is a sprawling story as timely as it is moving.
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Andrew Davies Audio Slideshow
The beloved screenwriter of Little Dorrit personally introduces you to his favorite characters.
Cast and Crew Interviews
Veteran screenwriter Andrew Davies and newcomer actress Claire Foy on making Little Dorrit.
Characters
Meet the characters in Amy Dorrit's sprawling world, and the actors who portray them.
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A Scholar on Little Dorrit
Tatiana Holway on the shadowy world of debt at the center of the story and Dickens's personal connection to it.
Don't miss episode three of Little Dorrit this Sunday, April 12th, on MASTERPIECE CLASSIC. Schemes and secrets are the order of the day, but when fate intervenes, an enormous surprise awaits.
Andrew Davies Audio Slideshow
The beloved screenwriter of Little Dorrit personally introduces you to his favorite characters.
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