Little Dorrit (TV series)

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Little Dorrit
Cover of the BBC DVD release
Genre	Period drama
Based on	Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
Written by	Andrew Davies
Directed by	Adam Smith (6 episodes) Dearbhla Walsh (5 episodes) Diarmuid Lawrence (3 episodes)
Starring	Claire Foy Matthew Macfadyen Tom Courtenay Judy Parfitt
Composer	John Lunn
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	14
Production
Executive producers	Rebecca Eaton Anne Pivcevic
Producer	Lisa Osborne
Cinematography	Lukas Strebel Owen McPolin Alan Almond
Editors	Nick Arthurs Philip Kloss David Head
Running time	26 minutes
Production companies	BBC WGBH Boston
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	26 October (2008-10-26) – 11 December 2008 (2008-12-11)
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Little Dorrit is a 2008 British miniseries based on Charles Dickens's serial novel of the same title, originally published between 1855 and 1857. The screenplay is by Andrew Davies and the episodes were directed by Adam Smith, Dearbhla Walsh, and Diarmuid Lawrence.

The series was a joint production of the BBC and the American PBS member station WGBH Boston.^[1] It originally was broadcast by BBC One and BBC HD, beginning on 26 October 2008 with a 60-minute opening episode, followed by 12 half-hour episodes and a 60-minute finale.^[2] In the United States, it aired in five episodes as part of PBS's Masterpiece series between 29 March and 26 April 2009.^[3] In Australia, episodes were combined into seven-parts on ABC1 each Sunday at 8:30pm from 27 June 2010^[4] and has since been repeated on UKTV.^[5]

The series won seven Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Miniseries.^[6]