MASTERPIECE Classic | Little Dorrit | PBS

Buy the DVD & Book, Save $5: http://www.shoppbs.org/entry.point?entry=3493334&source=PBSCS_YOUTUBE_MCL... http://www.pbs.org/charlesdickens MASTERPIECE Classic Sundays, March 29 - April 26, 2009 on PBS. Charles Dickens gives Jane Austen, mistress of the slow-burning romance, a run for her money with his smoldering, sprawling, much neglected love story, Little Dorrit. Famed screenwriter Andrew Davies brings this gripping tale of intimacy, incarceration, and the misery of debt to the small screen in a sumptuous five-part adaptation on MASTERPIECE CLASSIC, airing on Sundays, March 29 through April 26, 2009 at 9pm ET on PBS (check local listings).

Widely acclaimed during its recent UK broadcast, Little Dorrit received this glowing recommendation from Variety: "totally absorbing, a master class in period literary drama."

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[sarahnugget]

i miss the ending :[ does anyone know where i can find it?///

[PBS]

The ending hasn't aired on PBS yet.

[vickymontufar]

can anybody tell me if this tv serie is here at the youtube???? i wanna see it!!! please help!!

how i can find it??

[PBS]

It's available for viewing online (until May 3, 2009) at the second Web address listed in the video description.

[GHJasamfan]

Little Dorrit wins seven Emmy Awards!!! Congratulations to Little Dorrit and PBS!!

[thebadpoet]

An absolutely dead-on adaptation! I have never seen Dickens on film which so perfectly captures the atmosphere of his books. The settings and costumes were just stunning -- I had to watch each segment twice at least, once just looking and enjoying the textures and colors, and then again for the story! I'm a theatre designer, and recommended this to everyone I know. Bravo, PBS!

[annahill99]

Anyone know if the book is worth reading? I struggled to get through A Tale of Two Cities and practically dragged myself through a bed of nails to finish Great Expectations. And this is coming from a girl who flies through Austen, Brontë, and Gaskell. I'm a huge reader, but I've just found Dickens's writing style a bit of a turn off so far.

[ruairaidh]

@1o951o8 "Jane Eyre" became my favorite book at the age of 9 and I've read it probably 15 times since then. "Little Dorrit" didn't strike me as like "Jane Eyre" in the least. However, "The Sound of Music" did strike me as having similar elements to "Jane Eyre" when I first saw it as a teenager. ;-) Since then I've noticed the rich-widower-falls-in-love-wit­h-the-governess theme in several stories.

[ucantbeseriouslol]

I Love this Film I couldnt Stop watching it!!

Matthew Macfadyen <3<3<3 from Greece :))

[crownme555]

@PBS someone posted on youtube the first episode which i just watched. but i want to see the 2nd and i cant find it anywhere. Its annoying that they make you buy it, unless you tape it because its supposed to be public broadcasting- which should be making programs available to everyone.

[WoundedWolfgirl]

I absolutely worship this miniseries.

[vampiresarah]

@1o951o8 Romantic works of this calibur do seem similar. Jane eyre, Northanger Abbey and Little Dorritt are the mainly known "Gothic romances." I've been studying them a few weeks back for Gothic studies. However Rebecca and a chapter in the history of a tyrone family are by far the closest comparisons to Jane Eyre. They are literally doubles, if you haven't read them I do recommend them, the Tyrone family is a shirt story so wont take long

[ubercarrots]

this was possibly the best period drama i've seen on PBS. wonderfully dark and emotional... and matthew... SIGH...

[1o951o8]

am i the only one who finds Little Dorrit sort of similar to Jane Eyre? I think there are a lot of congruent aspects. They are, however, quite different enough for me to thoroughly like Little Dorrit and rather dislike Jane Eyre... (no offense, i just dont particularly like really any of the Bronte works...)

[mellissakatarina]

Great Film

[nezpercenathan]

I agree. Apprently some others do, also, as it got an 8.6 on imdb, and very few productions get higher than 8.0 there.