Little Dorrit

The Dorrits are a family whose life revolves around the Marshalsea, a debtors prison. Amy Dorrits kind nature brings the family into contact with a wide swath of English society, from the poorest to the richest, and back again.

2008 HD TV-PG United Kingdom English

Claire Foy Tom Courtenay Matthew Macfadyen Alun Armstrong Judy Parfitt Emma Pierson Andy Serkis Maxine Peake Eddie Marsan Freema Agyeman

Drama Mystery

based on novel or book period drama england costume drama

S1E1 - Episode 1 2008-10-26

When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by the presence in his mothers house of a young seamstress, Amy Dorrit. The cold and forbidding Mrs Clennam isnt usually given to charity, so why has she made an exception in taking on Amy? Is she making reparations for a past wrongdoing? Does it have anything to do with Arthurs fathers dying words and the pocket watch with its mysterious inscription, do not forget?

S1E2 - Episode 2 2008-10-30

Arthur befriends Amy Dorrit and involves himself in her familys affairs. If, as he suspects, his family have something to do with their ruin, the least he can do is pay off her brothers debt and give him the chance to start again. Arthur himself is planning to start again with a new job, and perhaps a renewed love for childhood sweetheart Flora Casby.

S1E3 - Episode 3 2008-11-05

Flintwinch taunts Arthurs mother about the mystery at the heart of the House of Clennam, while Amy discovers that a gentleman has paid off her brothers debts, and Arthur is invited to Twickenham to renew his acquaintance with the lovely Pet Meagles.

S1E4 - Episode 4 2008-11-06

Amy receives a proposal of marriage which throws her into confusion, Arthur is taken on as a partner in Daniel Doyces engineering works, and the French villain Rigaud arrives in London.

S1E5 - Episode 5 2008-11-12

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 young John with Amy.

S1E6 - Episode 6 2008-11-13

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 herself to a life without the man she loves.

S1E7 - Episode 7 2008-11-19

Rigaud introduces himself to the House of Clennam, while Arthur is best man at Pets marriage to Henry Gowan. Pancks concludes his investigation into the Dorrit familys long incarceration in the Marshalsea Debtors Prison, and Arthur and Amy break momentous news to Mr Dorrit.

S1E8 - Episode 8 2008-11-20

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, and he takes the chance to follow the Dorrits abroad and find out what connects them to the House of Clennam.

S1E9 - Episode 9 2008-11-26

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, and Rigaud scents a deeper connection between the Dorrits and the House of Clennam.

S1E10 - Episode 10 2008-11-27

Fanny has stolen the heart of Edmund Sparkler, whose mother, Mrs Merdle, is determined to separate them once and for all. Meanwhile, Merdles Bank is besieged by investors, and Arthur is worried when he sees a suspicious French stranger - the villainous Rigaud - at his mothers house.

S1E11 - Episode 11 2008-12-03

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.

S1E12 - Episode 12 2008-12-04

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 Clennams capital in Merdles Bank, and Flora investigates the disappearance of Rigaud.

S1E13 - Episode 13 2008-12-10

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.

S1E14 - Episode 14 2008-12-11

Mr Merdles death and the collapse of Merdles 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 as he lies gravely ill, and Rigaud returns to play out his blackmail in the Clennam house.

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