Great Expectations

Synopsis

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.

Director

Julian Jarrold

Written by

Tony Marchant

Music

Peter Salem

Studio

BBC

Released

12 April 1999

Genres

Drama, Romance