Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit81%

TV 2008-10-26 30m Drama Primetime Emmy Awards 1
★ 7.9 / 10 · 83 votes
Ratings
Combined
80.7 %
8 sources
IMDb
8.1 /10
11,682 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100 %
10 votes
Metacritic
81 %
9 votes
Letterboxd
3.8 /5
2,179 votes
Trakt
73 %
152 votes
TMDB
78 %
80 votes
Metacritic Users
5.9 /10
10 votes
RT Audience
100 %

Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.

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Status
Ended
Runtime
30m
Seasons
1
Episodes
14
Studios
BBC , GBH
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Links
IMDb, TVDB, Wikidata

Awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won

  • 2009 Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Won Dearbhla Walsh

Award data from Wikidata (CC0). Coverage may be incomplete.

Created by
Andrew Davies
Cast
Claire Foy Claire Foy Amy Dorrit Matthew Macfadyen Matthew Macfadyen Arthur Clennam Tom Courtenay Tom Courtenay Mr. Dorrit Judy Parfitt Judy Parfitt Mrs. Clennam Emma Pierson Emma Pierson Fanny Dorrit Alun Armstrong Alun Armstrong Ephraim Flintwinch Eddie Marsan Eddie Marsan Pancks Jason Thorpe Jason Thorpe Cavalletto Sebastian Armesto Sebastian Armesto Edmund Sparkler Andy Serkis Andy Serkis Rigaud Rosie Cavaliero Rosie Cavaliero Mrs. Plornish Amanda Redman Amanda Redman Mrs. Merdle
Series 1 2008 · 14 eps
  1. 1 Episode 1 When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by the presence in his mother's house of a young seamstress, Amy Dorrit. The cold and forbi… Oct 26, 2008 53m
  2. 2 Episode 2 Arthur befriends Amy Dorrit and involves himself in her family's affairs. If, as he suspects, his family have something to do with their ruin, the least he can do is pay off her b… Oct 30, 2008 53m
  3. 3 Episode 3 Flintwinch taunts Arthur's mother about the mystery at the heart of the House of Clennam, while Amy discovers that 'a gentleman' has paid off her brother's debts, and Arthur is in… Nov 5, 2008 52m
  4. 4 Episode 4 Amy receives a proposal of marriage which throws her into confusion, Arthur is taken on as a partner in Daniel Doyce's engineering works, and the French villain Rigaud arrives in … Nov 6, 2008 53m
  5. 5 Episode 5 Amy accompanies her sister Fanny to meet Mrs Merdle, queen bee of London society. Meanwhile, Rigaud comes into possession of the Clennam papers, and Chivery the turnkey asks Arthu… Nov 12, 2008 52m
  6. 6 Episode 6 Pancks recruits John Chivery to help him solve the mystery that connects the Dorrit family with the House of Clennam, while Arthur proposes to Pet Meagles. Elsewhere, Tattycoram r… Nov 13, 2008 52m
  7. 7 Episode 7 Rigaud introduces himself to the House of Clennam, while Arthur is best man at Pet's marriage to Henry Gowan. Pancks concludes his investigation into the Dorrit family's long inca… Nov 19, 2008 52m
  8. 8 Episode 8 Mr Dorrit is released from the Marshalsea after more than twenty years, and takes his family abroad to reinvent themselves as members of society. Miss Wade commissions Rigaud to s… Nov 20, 2008 53m
  9. 9 Episode 9 The Dorrits arrive in Venice, and Fanny renews an old acquaintance with Edmund Sparkler and his redoubtable mother Mrs Merdle. Meanwhile, Amy makes a friend in Pet Gowan, united t… Nov 26, 2008
  10. 10 Episode 10 Fanny has stolen the heart of Edmund Sparkler, whose mother, Mrs Merdle, is determined to separate them once and for all. Meanwhile, Merdle's Bank is besieged by investors, and Ar… Nov 27, 2008
  11. 11 Episode 11 Romance is in the air as Mrs General starts her campaign to woo Mr Dorrit, and Fanny turns the full beam of her attention on Sparkler. Meanwhile, an unwelcome reminder of the old … Dec 3, 2008
  12. 12 Episode 12 Mr Dorrit leaves Amy behind in Venice as he returns to London with newlyweds Fanny and Sparkler, but the high life is not all he had hoped it would be. Meanwhile, Arthur invests D… Dec 4, 2008
  13. 13 Episode 13 Mr Dorrit returns to Venice, a broken man, after a visit to London revives unwelcome memories. Arthur warns his mother that she may be in danger from Rigaud. And Amy and Arthur me… Dec 10, 2008
  14. 14 Episode 14 Mr Merdle's death and the collapse of Merdle's Bank sends shockwaves through London as thousands face financial ruin. Arthur returns to the Marshalsea a prisoner, Amy goes back to… Dec 11, 2008
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