Great Expectations (1981 TV series) explained

Director:	Julian Amyes
Starring:	Stratford Johns Gerry Sundquist Joan Hickson
Theme Music Composer:	Paul Reade
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Num Episodes:	12
Producer:	Barry Letts
Editor:	Oliver White
Runtime:	30 minutes
Network:	BBC1

Great Expectations is a 1981 BBC drama serial based on the 1861 novel by Charles Dickens.^[1] It was directed by Julian Amyes and adapted by James Andrew Hall.^[2]

Cast

• Gerry Sundquist - Pip
• Joan Hickson - Miss Havisham
• Stratford Johns - Abel Magwitch
• Phillip Joseph - Joe Gargery
• Sarah-Jane Varley - Estella
• Derek Francis - Jaggers
• Colin Jeavons - Mr. Wemmick
• Tim Munro - Herbert Pocket
• Linal Haft - Orlick
• Peter Whitbread - Compeyson
• Christine Absalom - Biddy
• Iain Ormsby-Knox - Bentley Drummle
• John Stratton - Uncle Pumblechook
• Marjorie Yates - Mrs. Joe Gargery
• Patsy Kensit - Young Estella
• Peter Benson - Mr. Wopsle
• Melanie Hughes - Clara Barley
• Colin Mayes - Trabb's boy
• Graham McGrath - Pip (aged 9)
• Paul Davies Prowles - Pip (aged 12)
• Tony Sympson - Aged Parent
• Janet Henfrey - Camilla

Notes and References

1. Web site: Great Expectations: 1. 4 October 1981. 3021. 28. BBC Genome.
2. Web site: Great Expectations Part 12 (1981). https://web.archive.org/web/20200717083317/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b865b4787. dead. 17 July 2020. BFI.