Great Expectations | |
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Genre | Historical drama |
Based on | Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
Written by | Hugh Leonard |
Directed by | Alan Bridges |
Starring | Gary Bond Francesca Annis Maxine Audley |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Producer | Campbell Logan |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 22 January 26 March 1967 | –
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Great Expectations is a British television series which first aired on BBC 1 in 1967.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1861 novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, which follows a humble orphan suddenly becoming a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.[2]
All episodes survived the BBC's routine junking and were released on DVD in 2017 by Simply Media.[3]