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The Old Curiosity Shop (1979–1980)
1 season9 episodes30 min per episode
The Old Curiosity Shop is a 1979 BBC miniseries based on the novel by Charles Dickens. It was directed by Julian Amyes, and adapted by William Trevor. A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
- First aired
- December 9, 1979
- Last episode
- February 3, 1980
- Network
- BBC One
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- Natalie Ogle as Nell
- Sebastian Shaw as Grandfather
- Trevor Peacock as Daniel Quilp
- Granville Saxton as Dick Swiveller
- Colin Jeavons as Sampson Brass
- Christopher Fairbank as Kit Nubbles
- Wensley Pithey as The Single Gentleman
- Freda Dowie as Sally Brass
- Sandra Payne as Mrs. Quilp
- Keith Hazemore as Abel Garland