Great Expectations (1981) | Episode 3

Great Expectations (1981) | Episode 2

Pip has been visiting Miss Havisham who is haunted by her past. Estella her adopted daughter despises Pip bec he is a common labourer, ...

Great Expectations (1981) | Episode 3

Now an apprentice blacksmith, Pip still dreams of being a gentleman. His sister has been brutally attacked by an unknown assailant.

Great Expectations (1981) | Episode 4

An extraordinary visitor from London transforms Pip's life, as he learns for the first time that he has 'great expectations'.

Great Expectations (1981) | Episode 5

Pip has begun his new life. He has made a good friend, a dangerous enemy and has had a strange encounter at the house of Mr Jaggers.

Great Expectations (1981) | Episode 6

Pip has gone back to see Miss Havisham at Satis House and once again has met Estella, now a beautiful young woman.

Great Expectations (1981) | Episode 7

Pip's sister is dead, and his wooing of Estella has brought him nothing but unhappiness. A visitor from the past has shattered all his ...

Great Expectations (1981) | Episode 8

Pip has discovered that his patron is not Miss Havisham but the convict Magwitch. He resolves to help Magwitch escape but an old enemy ...

Great Expectations (1981) | Episode 9

Pip has learned that Estella is to marry Bentley Drummle. Miss Havisham has died in fire, and Pip has been badly burned in attempting t...

Great Expectations (1981) | Episode 10

Pip has discovered that Estella is the child of Magwitch and Molly, Jaggers' housekeeper. A mysterious letter lures him into a deadly ...

Great Expectations (1981) | Episode 11

Pip has escaped from Orlick's attempt to murder him. His attempt to get Magwitch away by river has been betrayed by Compeyson, Magwitc...

Great Expectations (1981) | Episode 12

Magwitch has died in prison, happy that Pip is by his side. Worn out by his exertions and deep in debt, Pip faces life alone.

Great Expectations (1981) | Episode 1

Twelve-part dramatisation of Dickens' classic novel about a young boy, Pip, who is launched on a journey that takes him from being a bl...