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The Old Curiosity Shop
MINISERIES • 1979 • DRAMA
Original Miniseries
Rating 3
Language English
Runtime 30m
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The Old Curiosity Shop is a 1979 BBC miniseries based on the novel by Charles Dickens. It was directed by Julian Amyes, and adapted by William Trevor. A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Overview
The Old Curiosity Shop is a 1979 BBC miniseries based on the novel by Charles Dickens. It was directed by Julian Amyes, and adapted by William Trevor. A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
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Miniseries
Cast
Patsy Byrne
Mrs. Nubbles
Donald Bisset
Mr. Garland
Simon Garstang
Little Jacob
Brian Oulton
The schoolmaster
Margaret Courtenay
Mrs. Jarley
Christopher Fairbank
Kit Nubbles
Freda Dowie
Sally Brass
Sebastian Shaw
Grandfather
Laurence Hardy
Mr. Witherden
Trevor Peacock
Daniel Quilp
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