Masterpiece Episode: "Great Expectations"

Season 28, Episode 20
Episode Synopsis: Ioan Gruffudd stars in an eerie two-part version of “Great Expectations,” Charles Dickens' tale of a blacksmith's apprentice set up by a mysterious benefactor to be a gentleman. Young Pip Gabriel Thomson. Miss Havisham: Charlotte Rampling. Young Estella: Gemma Gregory. Joe Gargery: Clive Russell. Original Air Date: May 9, 1999
Guest Cast Lesley Sharp: Mrs. Joe Clive Russell: Joe Gargery Gemma Gregory: Young Estella Daniel Evans: Herbert Pocket Bernard Hill: Magwich Nicholas Woodeson: Wemmick Charlotte Rampling: Miss Havisham Gabriel Thomson: Young Pip David Horovitch: Matthew Pocket Ian McDiarmid: Jaggers James Hillier: Drummle Ioan Gruffudd: Pip Tony Curran: Orlick Emma Cunniffe: Biddy
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Premiered: January 10, 1971, on PBS
Rating: TV-PG
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