Little Dorrit - Season 1 - Episode 1

2008-10-26? min⭐ 7.8/10

When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by the presence in his mother's house of a young seamstress, Amy Dorrit. The cold and forbidding Mrs Clennam isn't usually given to charity, so why has she made an exception in taking on Amy? Is she making reparations for a past wrongdoing? Does it have anything to do with Arthur's father's dying words and the pocket watch with its mysterious inscription, 'do not forget'?

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About Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

Title: Little Dorrit

First Air Date: 2008-10-26

Last Air Date: 2008-12-11

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.8/10 (from 66 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 14

Network: BBC One

Genres: Drama

Production Companies: BBC, GBH

Synopsis

Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.

Cast

Claire Foy

Claire Foy

Amy Dorrit

Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

Arthur Clennam

Tom Courtenay

Tom Courtenay

Mr. Dorrit

Emma Pierson

Emma Pierson

Fanny Dorrit

Alun Armstrong

Alun Armstrong

Ephraim Flintwinch

Judy Parfitt

Judy Parfitt

Mrs. Clennam

Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

Miss Wade

Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis

Rigaud

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan

Pancks

Freema Agyeman

Freema Agyeman

Tattycoram

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