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Olivia Colman will lead the cast of the BBC and FX\u2019s six-part adaptation of Charles Dickens\u2019 Great Expectations from writer and executive producer Steven Knight.<\/p>\n
The Crown star Colman will play Miss Havisham, while Fionn Whitehead (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) takes on the role of Pip.<\/p>\n
Ashley Thomas (Top Boy), Johnny Harris (This Is England \u201986), Shalom Brune-Franklin (Line of Duty, The Tourist), Hayley Squires (Adult Material), Owen McDonnell (Killing Eve), Trystan Gravelle (A Discovery of Witches) and Matt Berry (Toast of London) also join the cast.<\/p>\n
Peaky Blinders boss Knight is reteaming with former A Christmas Carol and Taboo collaborators and will helm the new drama alongside producer Mark Kinsella, executive producers Tom Hardy, Ridley Scott, Dean Baker, David W Zucker, Kate Crowe and Mona Qureshi and director Lucy Forbes (This Is Going to Hurt).<\/p>
Dickens first released Great Expectations in a series of weekly chapters beginning in December 1860 before it was subsequently published as a novel<\/a>.<\/p>\n Peaky Blinders boss Knight previously said: \u201cAdapting Dickens\u2019 work is a delight. I chose Great Expectations as the next work to bring to the screen not just because of the timeless characters, but also because of the very timely story.<\/p>\n \u201cA story of class mobility and class intransigence, told through an intensely emotional and personal first-person narrative. As the son of a Blacksmith myself, Pip\u2019s journey from the forge into society is a very special one to me.\u201d<\/p>\n There\u2019s no word yet on when Great Expectations will be released.<\/p>\n You can buy Dickens\u2019 Great Expectations<\/a> on Amazon now. If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our TV Guide<\/a>. Visit our Drama<\/a> hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Minnie Wright Published: Thursday, 17 February 2022 at 12:00 am Olivia Colman will lead the cast of the BBC and FX\u2019s six-part adaptation of Charles Dickens\u2019 Great Expectations from writer and executive producer Steven Knight. The Crown star Colman will play Miss Havisham, while Fionn Whitehead (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) takes on the role of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":11301,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/olivia-colman-leads-cast-of-peaky-blinders-creators-great-expectations.jpg",534,356,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/olivia-colman-leads-cast-of-peaky-blinders-creators-great-expectations-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/olivia-colman-leads-cast-of-peaky-blinders-creators-great-expectations-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/olivia-colman-leads-cast-of-peaky-blinders-creators-great-expectations.jpg",534,356,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/olivia-colman-leads-cast-of-peaky-blinders-creators-great-expectations.jpg",534,356,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/olivia-colman-leads-cast-of-peaky-blinders-creators-great-expectations.jpg",534,356,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/olivia-colman-leads-cast-of-peaky-blinders-creators-great-expectations.jpg",534,356,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Minnie Wright Published: Thursday, 17 February 2022 at 12:00 am Olivia Colman will lead the cast of the BBC and FX\u2019s six-part adaptation of Charles Dickens\u2019 Great Expectations from writer and executive producer Steven Knight. The Crown star Colman will play Miss Havisham, while Fionn Whitehead (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) takes on the role of…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/11300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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