Great Expectations

Based on the eponymous novel by Charles Dickens, Great Expectations is a period drama series developed by Steven Knight. The plot follows an orphan named Pip, who spent his childhood as a blacksmith's apprentice and suddenly receives a windfall from an unknown benefactor that lets him travel to London and enter high society. The series features performances from Olivia Colman, Fionn Whitehead, Ashley Thomas, Johnny Harris, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Hayley Squires, Owen McDonnell, Trystan Gravelle, and Matt Berry, among many others.