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.
Top cast
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
Seasons
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- December 9, 1979
- Last air date
- February 3, 1980
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 9
- Episode runtime
- 30m
- Network
- BBC One
- Original language
- EN
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