Great Expectations

2023 - 3 - 31

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Where was the BBC's new adaptation of Dickens' Great ... (Farnham Herald)

Fans of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations can now experience a new take on the classic story thanks to a locally-filmed adaptation set in South West ...

Ponies, carts, and thatched buildings added to the area’s authentic atmosphere. Thanks to these unique locations, the locally-filmed Great Expectations offers viewers a fresh perspective on a beloved classic. The team recreated Pip’s village at Oxenford Farm near Elstead in Surrey, which doubles as a working Christmas tree and beef cattle farm.

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Great Expectations star lost 22lbs to land coveted role in Charles ... (Daily Express)

The second instalment of the BBC's new adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations airs on Sunday evening as Pip continues his quest to become a ...

"I lost 22lbs – it's a lot of weight to lose," he added. I'm done with that stuff." "This is more than Pip can hope to make on his own, and more than enough to buy a suit of clothes to disguise the blacksmith’s boy behind finery and in imitation of the gentleman he might yet become." [ Great Expectations](/latest/great-expectations) burst onto screens last weekend. The cast for the [BBC](https://www.express.co.uk/latest/bbc) series includes [The Crown](/latest/the-crown)'s [Olivia Colman](/latest/olivia-colman) as spinster Miss Havisham and Johnny Harris as convict Abel Magwitch. Ahead of his transformation into a London gentleman, Pip lived with his sister and his blacksmith uncle in the marshes.

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