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Great Expectations

Everything can change in a heartbeat.

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.

20111 seasonTV-PGDrama

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About Great Expectations

Creators
Brian Kirk
Cast
Douglas Booth, Jack Roth, Ray Winstone, David Suchet, Paul Rhys, Shaun Dooley
Genres
Drama
Content rating
TV-PG
Original language
English
Production countries
United Kingdom
Status
Ended

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