Great Expectations (2011 TV series)

Great Expectations
Genre	Costume drama
Based on	Great Expectations 1861 novel by Charles Dickens
Written by	Sarah Phelps
Directed by	Brian Kirk
Starring	Douglas Booth Ray Winstone Gillian Anderson David Suchet Oscar Kennedy
Composers	Natalie Holt Martin Phipps
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producers	Anne Pivcevic (BBC) Rebecca Eaton (Masterpiece)
Producer	George Ormond
Cinematography	Florian Hoffmeister
Editors	Guy Bensley Victoria Boydell
Running time	55-60 minutes
Production companies	BBC Productions and Masterpiece co-production
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	27 December (2011-12-27) – 29 December 2011 (2011-12-29)
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Great Expectations is a three-part BBC television drama adaptation by Sarah Phelps of the Charles Dickens’s 1861 novel of the same name, starring Ray Winstone as Magwitch, Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham,^[1] Douglas Booth as Pip, Vanessa Kirby as Estella and David Suchet as Jaggers. The adaptation was first broadcast on British television over the Christmas period in 2011.

Anderson's casting as Miss Havisham drew attention to the production due to her being a mere 43 compared to other actresses who have played her. However, critical reception was generally positive. It is also worth noting that Maxine Audley was also only 43 when she played Miss Havisham in the 1967 BBC adaptation.

In 2012, the PBS broadcast earned the series a total of four Creative Arts Emmy Awards out of five nominations for Outstanding Art Direction, Cinematography, Costumes, and Main Title Design.^[2] The remaining nomination was for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music.