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Great Expectations

on BBC Two England

A full-length dramatisation of Charles Dickens's classic novel which conflates last week's two episodes. Starring loan Gruffudd, Charlotte Rampling, Bernard Hill, Justine Waddell
On the bleak Kent marshes, a young boy has a frightening encounter that will haunt him.
Then at 10.35: Pip has become a gentleman in London, having received an inheritance.
See today's choices.
Dramatised by Tony Marchant ; Producer David Snodin ; Director Julian Jarrold Shown last Monday and Tuesday Digital widescreen
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Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
Charlotte Rampling
Unknown:
Bernard Hill
Unknown:
Justine Waddell
Dramatised By:
Tony Marchant
Producer:
David Snodin
Director:
Julian Jarrold
Pip:
Ioan Gruffudd
Miss Havisham:
Charlotte Rampling
Abel Magwitch:
Bernard Hill
Estella:
Justine Waddell
Joe Gargery:
Clive Russell
Jaggers:
Ian McDiarmid
Biddy:
Emma Cunniffe
Herbert Pocket:
Daniel Evans
Wemmick:
Nicholas Woodeson
Orlick:
Tony Curran
Mrs Joe:
Lesley Sharp
Pumblechook:
Terence Rigby
Bentley Drummle:
James Hillier
Young Pip:
Gabriel Thomson
Young Estella:
Gemma Gregory
Matthew Pocket:
David Horovitch
Compeyson:
Donald Sumpter
Sarah Pocket:
Selina Cadell
Camilla Pocket:
Sandra Voe
Wopsle:
Nicholas Blane
Molly:
Laila Morse
Startop:
Ifan Meredith
The Aged P:
Hugh Lloyd
Young Herbert:
Laurence Dobiesz
Young Biddy:
Laura Aikman
Presiding Finch:
Richard Stirling
Sheriff's officer:
Leo Do Lan
Young Orlick:
Timothy Tranter
Miss Skiffins:
Jo Cameron Brown

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