Series197930 min / epEnded

The Old Curiosity Shop

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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1 season

9 episodes

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Sebastian Shaw

Grandfather

Natalie Ogle

Nell Trent

Trevor Peacock

Daniel Quilp

Granville Saxton

Dick Swiveller

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Barry Letts

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Michael Edwards

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Carl Davis

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Joyce Hawkins

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Alistair Bell

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Jan Nethercot

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Charles Dickens

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Season 1

Miniseries

9 episodes • 1979

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7.5

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