The Old Curiosity Shop
1979
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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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.
Released
1979-12-09
Episode Runtime
30 min
Language
English
Status
Ended
Genre
Production
Unknown
Directors
CASTS
Sebastian Shaw
Grandfather
Natalie Ogle
Nell Trent
Trevor Peacock
Daniel Quilp
Granville Saxton
Dick Swiveller
Colin Jeavons
Sampson Brass
Christopher Fairbank
Kit Nubbles
Wensley Pithey
The Single Gentleman
Sandra Payne
Mrs Quilp
Freda Dowie
Sally Brass
Laurence Hardy
Mr Witherden
Simon Garstang
Little Jacob
Keith Hazemore
Abel Garland
Patsy Byrne
Mrs Nubbles
Annabelle Lanyon
Small Servant
Brian Oulton
The Schoolmaster
Freda Jackson
Mrs Jiniwin
Donald Bisset
Mr Garland
Bernard Stone
Short
Anthony Pedley
Codlin
Margaret Courtenay
Mrs Jarley
Pauline Winter
Mrs Garland
Peter Bland
Mr Slum
James Marcus
George
Patrick Carter
Turnkey
Daphne Anderson
Mrs George
Colin Mayes
Tom Scott
Jerold Wells
Jerry
Richard Merson
Grinder
Tom Mennard
Vuffin
Jimmy Gardner
Gravedigger
Stuart Latham
Gravedigger
Pauline Letts
Miss Monflathers
Albert Shepherd
Furnace Man
Brenda Cowling
Landlady
Alison King
Streetwalker
Sid Golder
Waterside Man
Ken Halliwell
Waterside Man
Max Latimer
Turnkey
Derek Chafer
Turnkey
Ronald Markham
Doctor
Seasons
Miniseries
1979
.9 Episodes
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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