Little Dorrit (TV serial)

Little Dorrit (TV serial)

Infobox British television
show_name = Little Dorrit


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genre = TV drama
creator = Charles Dickens (novel)
Andrew Davies
director = Dearbhla Walsh
Adam Smith
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starring = Matthew Macfadyen
Claire Foy
Tom Courtenay
Judy Parfitt
James Fleet
Bill Paterson
Janine Duvitski
Freema Agyeman
Maxine Peake

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country = UK
language = English
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num_episodes = 15
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executive_producer = Anne Pivcevic
producer = Lisa Osborne
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runtime = Episode 1 60 minutes; episodes 2-15 30 minutes
network = BBC1
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"Little Dorrit" is an upcoming television serial, written by Andrew Davies [Wright, Mark (28 May 2006) [http://www.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/2006/05/the_busiest_man_in_television.php The Busiest Man in Television?] , The Stage] and based on the novel by Charles Dickens. The production follows the great success of "Bleak House".

Filming began 28 April 2008 in the UK, with Claire Foy playing the title role. [(March 2008) [http://www.oxforddrama.ac.uk/index.php?page=32&news=30 Claire Foy to play the lead in LITTLE DORRIT for BBC TV] ] "Little Dorrit" will begin broadcast on BBC One in October 2008, and will be in soap opera format with 14 half-hour episodes following an initial hour-long episode. [(6 May 2008) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/05_may/06/dorrit.shtml Little Dorrit: cast announced for major BBC One Dickens' adaptation] ] For American audiences, Little Dorrit will be broadcast on PBS's Masterpiece during the Winter/Spring 2009 season. [(August 2008) [http://pressroom.pbs.org/programs/masterpiece/classic_2009 PBS Pressroom - CLASSIC 2009] ]

Cast

The characters Harris and Poyner do not appear in the book.Tattycoram is described in the book as "A fine full-coloured young woman ... with very dark hair and very dark eyes"

References

ee also

*"Little Dorrit"

External links

*imdb title|id=1178522|title=Little Dorrit


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