Television

The Old Curiosity Shop 1979

Created by Charles Dickens

  • Drama
  • 30 min episodes
  • 1 season
  • 9 episodes
  • Ended

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.

Dramalondon, englandbased on novel or bookvictorian englandorphanhunchbackmoneylender19th centurygambling addictiongrandfather granddaughter relationshipBBC One

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