OHMYGOSSIP — Olivia Colman is to appear in Steven Knight’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel ‘Great Expectations’ for the BBC.
The 48-year-old actress will play the role of spinster Miss Havisham in the forthcoming six-part series, which is written and produced by Steven.
It will follow the classic coming-of-age story set in Victorian times about orphan Pip, who spends his childhood as a blacksmith’s apprentice in a village before receiving a sudden windfall from a mysterious benefactor that enables him to move to London and enter high society.
Fionn Whitehead will portray Pip, alongside Ashley Thomas, Johnny Harris, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Hayley Squires, Owen McDonnell, Trystan Gravelle and Matt Berry.
It comes from the team behind the BBC’s 2019 adaptation of Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’.
‘Great Expectations and ‘A Christmas Carol’ are the first two in a series of adaptations of Dickens novels for the BBC.
The series will be produced by Mark Kinsella and directed by Lucy Forbes, whose previous projects have included directing BBC series ‘This is Going to Hurt’.
‘Great Expectations’ was originally published in 1861, and released as a series of chapters every week before the decision was made to publish it as a novel.
The BBC had previously produced a three-part drama titled ‘Great Expectations’, which was written by Sarah Phelps in 2011.
It starred Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham and Douglas Booth as Pip, and the miniseries was critically well received, winning four Creative Arts Emmy Awards out of five nominations – for Outstanding Art Direction, Cinematography, Costumes, and Main Title Design.
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