Great Expectations
TV series
Great Expectations
1959, English.
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.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 5
- Episode length
- Varies
- Status
- Ended in 1959
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Latest episode
S1 E5: Episode Five
Aired 3 May 1959
Seasons 1
Details
- First aired
- 5 April 1959
- Last aired
- 3 May 1959
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Scripted
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