Dickens' brief against materialism, chronicling the fates of a businessman (Derek Jacobi) and a girl born in debtors prison. Alec Guinness. Mr. Pancks: Roshan Seth. Little Dorrit: Sarah Pickering. Flora: Miriam Margolyes. Frederick: Cyril Cusack. Mrs. Clennam: Joan Greenwood. Flintwitch: Max Wall. Fanny: Amelda Brown. Directed by Christine Edzard.