

Air Date
April 12, 1999
Episodes
2 episodes
Great Expectations
Season 1
Overview
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
Episodes
1. Part One
Young Pip lives with his tyrranical sister and her blacksmith husband, Joe until a nightmarish encounter with an escaped convict, Magwitch, forces him to visit the stately Satis House.
2. Part Two
Despite Pip's desire for an education and change in his status, he will become Joe's apprentice at the forgery.

Ioan Gruffudd
Pip

Justine Waddell
Estella

Charlotte Rampling
Miss Havisham

Laura Aikman
Young Biddy

Nicholas Blane
Blane Wopsle

Selina Cadell
Sarah Pocket

Jo Cameron Brown
Miss Skiffins

Emma Cunniffe
Biddy

Tony Curran
Orlick

Laurence Dobiesz
Young Herbert
Leo Dolan
Sheriff's Officer
Sarah Durham
Maid

Michael Eaves
Police Officer

Daniel Evans
Herbert Pocket

Gemma Gregory
Young Estella

Bernard Hill
Abel Magwitch

James Hillier
Bentley Drummle

David Horovitch
Matthew Pocket

Alex Leppard
Gaoler

Hugh Lloyd
The Aged P