Great Expectations (1981 TV series)

Great Expectations
Ad with Gerry Sundquist as Pip
Based onGreat Expectations
by Charles Dickens
Written byJames Andrew Hall
Directed byJulian Amyes
StarringStratford Johns
Gerry Sundquist
Joan Hickson
Theme music composerPaul Reade
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes12
Production
ProducerBarry Letts
EditorOliver White
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release4 October (1981-10-04) –
20 December 1981 (1981-12-20)

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]

Plot summary

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Great Expectations: 1". 4 October 1981. p. 28 – via BBC Genome.
  2. ^ "Great Expectations Part 12 (1981)". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020.