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 Great Expectations: Episode 1

An orphan boy grows up to have great expectations of wealth from a mysterious patron.

 

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Episode: Great Expectations: Episode 1

An orphan boy meets an escaped convict, a crazed rich woman, a bewitching girl, and grows up to have great expectations of wealth from a mysterious patron on "Great Expectations," Charles Dickens' remarkable tale of rags to riches to self-knowledge, starring Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, Bleak House), David Suchet, Ray Winstone, and Douglas Booth.

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Duration: (52:42)
Episode Expires: Tue 01 May 2012
TV Rating: TV-PG
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