‘Great Expectations’: Cast Announced For Steven Knight’s Adaptation Of Dickens Classic
The BBC has announced the cast for ‘Great Expectations‘, Steven Knight’s (‘Peaky Blinders’) follow up to his previous Dickens adaptation, ‘A Christmas Carol’, with a cast led by Olivia Colman.
Colman (‘The Crown’, ‘Landscapers’) will star as Miss Havisham alongside Fionn Whitehead (‘Dunkirk’) as Pip, Ashley Thomas (‘Them’, ‘The Night Of’) as Jaggers, Johnny Harris (‘This Is England’, ‘A Christmas Carol’) as Magwitch, Shalom Brune-Franklin (‘Roadkill’, ‘Line of Duty’) as Estella, Hayley Squires (‘I, Daniel Blake’, ‘Adult Material’) as Sara, Owen McDonnell (‘Killing Eve’, ‘Silent Witness’) as Joe, Trystan Gravelle (‘A Discovery of Witches’, ‘Quiz’) as Compeyson and Matt Berry (‘What We Do In the Shadows’, ‘Toast of London’) as Mr. Pumblechuck.
‘Great Expectations’ is the coming-of-age story of an orphan nicknamed Pip. Dickens first released it in a series of weekly chapters beginning in December 1860 before it was subsequently published as a novel.
Knight will write and executive produce the drama, which will also be executive produced by Tom Hardy, Ridley Scott, Dean Baker, David W. Zucker, Kate Crowe and Mona Qureshi for the BBC – the team behind ‘A Christmas Carol’. ‘Great Expectations’ will be produced by FX Productions in association with the BBC, Scott Free and Hardy Son & Baker. Lucy Forbes (This Is Going To Hurt, The End of the F***ing World, In My Skin) will serve as lead director, with Mark Kinsella (White Lines, Anatomy of a Scandal) as producer.
‘Great Expectations’ is the second Dickens adaptation penned by Knight, following the hit limited series A Christmas Carol. Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol are the first two in a series of adaptations of Dickens’ novels commissioned by Piers Wenger, Director of Drama and Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer at the BBC, and FX. The BBC and FX also produced the acclaimed drama series Taboo, starring Tom Hardy, written by Steven Knight and produced by Knight, Hardy, Chips Hardy, Ridley Scott, Dean Baker and Kate Crowe.
‘Great Expectations‘ does not have a premiere date, but will air on BBC One in the UK and on FX in the USA. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add it via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
