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Little Dorrit

Season 1
This gripping series by Andrew Davies brings to life Dickens's powerful story of struggle and hardship in 1820s London. 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. Where will Arthur's quest to discover the truth leave him in the scheme of things? And where will it leave the Dorrits?
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Episode 1
    March 28, 2009
    52min
    TV-PG
    Amy Dorrit lives in the Marshalsea Prison for Debt with her father, William Dorrit, who has been an inmate there for countless years. After Amy is employed as a seamstress by the stern and formidable Mrs. Clennam, events are set in motion when Mrs. Clennam's son, Arthur, returns unexpectedly from China after an absence of fifteen years, bringing the news that his father has died.
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  2. S1 E2 - Episode 2
    March 28, 2009
    52min
    TV-PG
    Arthur strikes up a tentative friendship with Amy Dorrit and becomes reacquainted with his childhood sweetheart, Flora Casby, who is not quite as he remembered her. His mind is still on the pretty Pet Meagles, whom he met on his journey back to England. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away in France, the sinister and coldblooded murderer Rigaud becomes reacquainted with his old cellmate, Cavalletto.
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  3. S1 E3 - Episode 3
    March 28, 2009
    52min
    TV-PG
    John Chivery, sensing a rival in Arthur, decides to make his move and propose to Amy, but she turns him down. Arthur meanwhile, entirely ignorant of Amy's feelings for him, is also disappointed in love when he meets Pet's rival suitor, Henry Gowan. Cavalletto arrives in London, only to discover that he's been followed by the very man he came to England to get away from: Rigaud.
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  4. S1 E4 - Episode 4
    November 12, 2008
    52min
    TV-PG
    Pancks recruits John Chivery to help solve the mystery at the heart of the Dorrit family.
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  5. S1 E5 - Episode 5
    April 4, 2009
    52min
    TV-PG
    The Dorrits make their triumphant departure from the Marshalsea. Mr. Dorrit employs Mrs. General to offer instruction in etiquette to his daughters. Mrs. General suggests that the family goes on a Grand Tour and, before they know it, the Dorrits have left the country, where abroad they encounter Rigaud traveling with the newly-wed Gowans.
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  6. S1 E6 - Episode 6
    April 4, 2009
    52min
    TV-PG
    Fanny worries about the burgeoning affection between Mr. Dorrit and Mrs. General. Back in England, Arthur visits his mother only to find Rigaud standing on her doorstep. Mr. Merdle secures a position for Sparkler at the Circumlocution Office and Arthur receives a shock when Pancks shows him an official handbill detailing the disappearance of Rigaud, last seen at the House of Clennam.
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  7. S1 E7 - Episode 7
    December 6, 2008
    52min
    TV-PG
    Mr. Dorrit leaves Amy behind in Venice as he returns to London with Fanny and Sparkler.
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  8. S1 E8 - Episode 8
    April 11, 2009
    52min
    TV-PG
    Mr. Merdle's death sends shockwaves through London, as thousands of people who invested in him now face financial ruin. One of those unfortunate people is Arthur, who finds himself in the Marshalsea Prison for Debt, where Amy rushes to his side. Rigaud re-emerges and reveals his full set of cards to Mrs. Clennam. But what exactly is it that he knows about the House of Clennam?
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Dearbhla WalshAdam SmithDiarmuid Lawrence
Producers
Lisa OsborneAnne Pivcevic
Starring
Claire FoyMatthew MacfadyenTom Courtenay
Studio
BBC
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