Great Expectations

6.2
198945m

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

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Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 1989

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

Still image for Great Expectations season 1 episode 1: Chapter One: An Eerie World

1. Chapter One: An Eerie World

7.5

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2. Chapter Two: The Secret Benefactor

7.5

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3. Chapter Three: The Education of a Gentleman

7.5

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4. Chapter Four: A Decaying Life

7.5

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5. Chapter Five: The Hunt for Magwitch

7.5

Still image for Great Expectations season 1 episode 6: Chapter Six: Late Regret

6. Chapter Six: Late Regret

7.5

Cast

Photo of John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies

Joe Gargery

Photo of Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons

Miss Havisham

Photo of Ray McAnally

Ray McAnally

Mr Jaggers

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