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Little Dorrit (UK)
TV Series (2008)
Based on the 1850s novel by Dickens, this period drama tells the story of Amy Dorrit, who 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's world is transformed when her boss's son Arthur returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
Last Episode
01x14 Episode 14 Aired: Dec. 11, 2008Thousand face financial ruin following Mr Merdle's death and the collapse of his bank. When Arthur becomes seriously ill Amy looks after him. … [continue reading]
Series Info
Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Oct. 26, 2008
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
30 min.
Genre
Character Guide
Series Fun Facts
- The beige, tan and maroon floral-stripe day dress Janine Duvitski (Mrs. Meagles) wears for Arthur Clennam's visit is the same costume Alison Steadman (Mrs. Bennet) wears at Longbourn in Pride…
[show]The beige, tan and maroon floral-stripe day dress Janine Duvitski (Mrs. Meagles) wears for Arthur Clennam's visit is the same costume Alison Steadman (Mrs. Bennet) wears at Longbourn in Pride and Prejudice (UK), Natasha Little (Augusta Leigh) wears during her pregnancy in Byron (2003) (TV), and Hayley Conick wears in "The Regency House Party" (2004). The dress is also worn by Miss Crawley's maid at Queen's Crawley in Vanity Fair (UK), and by a maid at John Dashwood's London house in Sense And Sensibility (UK).
[hide] - The tan velvet hat worn by Maxine Peake (Miss Wade) is the same hat Marsha Fitzalan (Caroline Bingley) wears in the coach with Mr. Bingley in "Pride and Prejudice" (1980).
- The dot-patterned beige muslin day dress with puffy sleeves Georgia King (Pet Meagles) wears on the wharf is the same costume Joanna David (Mrs. Gardiner) wears at the Inn at Lambton in Pride…
[show]The dot-patterned beige muslin day dress with puffy sleeves Georgia King (Pet Meagles) wears on the wharf is the same costume Joanna David (Mrs. Gardiner) wears at the Inn at Lambton in Pride and Prejudice (UK), Greta Scacchi (Mrs. Weston) wears at Randalls in Emma, and Barbara Flynn wears at the Towers in the opening scene of "Wives and Daughters" (1999),
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