Little Dorrit

S01E11: Episode 11

Romance is in the air as Mrs General starts her campaign to woo Mr Dorrit, and Fanny turns the full beam of her attention on Sparkler. Meanwhile, an unwelcome reminder of the old days comes to haunt Mr Dorrit in Venice.

Overview

Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.

Episodes

Episode 1

S01E01 Episode 1

October 26, 2008
When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by the presence in his mother's house of a young seamstress, Amy Dorrit. The cold and forbidding Mrs Clennam isn't usually...
Episode 2

S01E02 Episode 2

October 30, 2008 60 min
Arthur befriends Amy Dorrit and involves himself in her family's affairs. If, as he suspects, his family have something to do with their ruin, the least he can do is pay off her brother's debt...
Episode 3

S01E03 Episode 3

November 5, 2008 60 min
Flintwinch taunts Arthur's mother about the mystery at the heart of the House of Clennam, while Amy discovers that 'a gentleman' has paid off her brother's debts, and Arthur is invited to Twickenham to renew...
Episode 4

S01E04 Episode 4

November 6, 2008
Amy receives a proposal of marriage which throws her into confusion, Arthur is taken on as a partner in Daniel Doyce's engineering works, and the French villain Rigaud arrives in London.
Episode 5

S01E05 Episode 5

November 12, 2008
Amy accompanies her sister Fanny to meet Mrs Merdle, queen bee of London society. Meanwhile, Rigaud comes into possession of the Clennam papers, and Chivery the turnkey asks Arthur to put in a word for...
Episode 6

S01E06 Episode 6

November 13, 2008 60 min
Pancks recruits John Chivery to help him solve the mystery that connects the Dorrit family with the House of Clennam, while Arthur proposes to Pet Meagles. Elsewhere, Tattycoram runs away from Twickenham, and Amy resigns...
Episode 7

S01E07 Episode 7

November 19, 2008 60 min
Rigaud introduces himself to the House of Clennam, while Arthur is best man at Pet's marriage to Henry Gowan. Pancks concludes his investigation into the Dorrit family's long incarceration in the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison, and...
Episode 8

S01E08 Episode 8

November 20, 2008 60 min
Mr Dorrit is released from the Marshalsea after more than twenty years, and takes his family abroad to reinvent themselves as members of society. Miss Wade commissions Rigaud to spy on Pet and Henry Gowan,...
Episode 9

S01E09 Episode 9

November 26, 2008
The Dorrits arrive in Venice, and Fanny renews an old acquaintance with Edmund Sparkler and his redoubtable mother Mrs Merdle. Meanwhile, Amy makes a friend in Pet Gowan, united through their mutual affection for Arthur,...
Episode 10

S01E10 Episode 10

November 27, 2008
Fanny has stolen the heart of Edmund Sparkler, whose mother, Mrs Merdle, is determined to separate them once and for all. Meanwhile, Merdle's Bank is besieged by investors, and Arthur is worried when he sees...
Episode 11

S01E11 Episode 11

December 3, 2008
Romance is in the air as Mrs General starts her campaign to woo Mr Dorrit, and Fanny turns the full beam of her attention on Sparkler. Meanwhile, an unwelcome reminder of the old days comes...
Episode 12

S01E12 Episode 12

December 4, 2008
Mr Dorrit leaves Amy behind in Venice as he returns to London with newlyweds Fanny and Sparkler, but the high life is not all he had hoped it would be. Meanwhile, Arthur invests Doyce and...
Episode 13

S01E13 Episode 13

December 10, 2008
Mr Dorrit returns to Venice, a broken man, after a visit to London revives unwelcome memories. Arthur warns his mother that she may be in danger from Rigaud. And Amy and Arthur meet again.
Episode 14

S01E14 Episode 14

December 11, 2008
Mr Merdle's death and the collapse of Merdle's Bank sends shockwaves through London as thousands face financial ruin. Arthur returns to the Marshalsea a prisoner, Amy goes back to her birthplace to look after him...

Cast

Claire Foy
Claire Foy
Amy Dorrit
Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen
Arthur Clennam
Tom Courtenay
Tom Courtenay
Mr. Dorrit
Judy Parfitt
Judy Parfitt
Mrs. Clennam
Emma Pierson
Emma Pierson
Fanny Dorrit
Alun Armstrong
Alun Armstrong
Ephraim Flintwinch
Eddie Marsan
Eddie Marsan
Pancks
Jason Thorpe
Jason Thorpe
Cavalletto
Sebastian Armesto
Sebastian Armesto
Edmund Sparkler
Andy Serkis
Andy Serkis
Rigaud
Rosie Cavaliero
Rosie Cavaliero
Mrs. Plornish
Amanda Redman
Amanda Redman
Mrs. Merdle

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