Great Expectations BBC 1

Bobby Chariot · Mar 26, 2023

Anyone planning on watching this latest adaptation tonight @ 9pm?
For me, the earlier BBC one with Gillian Anderson, Ray Winstone (as Abel Magwitch) will be hard to beat, but I'll give this a go tonight.

laughing · Mar 26, 2023

Gillian Anderson was epic, I don't think anyone will come close

Bobby Chariot · Mar 26, 2023

laughing said:
Gillian Anderson was epic, I don't think anyone will come close

Totally agree, this latest one will need to be very good indeed.

Eirawen · Mar 26, 2023

Bobby Chariot said:
Anyone planning on watching this latest adaptation tonight @ 9pm?
For me, the earlier BBC one with Gillian Anderson, Ray Winstone (as Abel Magwitch) will be hard to beat, but I'll give this a go tonight.

I'm giving it a go as well

Megansnarkle · Mar 26, 2023

'From the writers of Peaky Blinders'? Or y'know, Charles Dickens.

Eirawen · Mar 26, 2023

They seem to be offering a very different take on it Mrs Joe is such a bit witch.

Bobby Chariot · Mar 26, 2023

Thought it was ok, not really sure why the BBC needed to make yet another version though.
Abel Magwitch has his own backstory written by Dickens, how he ended up a convict, going to Australia, becoming successful etc
Why not be original & make a drama out of that story for example?
Not sure I will last the 6 episodes of this.

Megansnarkle · Mar 26, 2023

Eirawen said:
They seem to be offering a very different take on it Mrs Joe is such a bit witch.

I'm not watching it but she was a bit of a witch in the book from memory.

Eirawen · Mar 26, 2023

Bobby Chariot said:
Thought it was ok, not really sure why the BBC needed to make yet another version though.
Abel Magwitch has his own backstory written by Dickens, how he ended up a convict, going to Australia, becoming successful etc
Why not be original & make a drama out of that story for example?
Not sure I will last the 6 episodes of this.

I feel exactly the same I like Coleman as Miss Havisham but it feels a bit contrived and pretentious. Pip wandering around saying "tit" all the time was silly.

EAD · Mar 26, 2023

Love Peaky Blinders so decided to watch it, I'll see if I stick with it for rest of episodes, it was ok.

Eirawen · Apr 2, 2023

This looks like the kinky version!

Sprezza · Apr 2, 2023

Load of nonsense

Eirawen · Apr 3, 2023

This is very weird and moving further and further away from the Dickens story.

Bobby Chariot · Apr 3, 2023

Have given up on it, absolute bilge.

Eirawen · Apr 11, 2023

Given up after 2 episodes load of rubbish

EAD · Apr 11, 2023

I've stuck with it so far, bit more interesting now Pip is in London. I haven't seen previous Great Expectations or read the book so nothing to compare it to

Scotch Mist · Apr 16, 2023

I'm just watching the second episode and it's tit so far. Estella is charmless and Olivia Coleman is not Miss Havisham.

What's with the blacksmith being beaten by his wife? So unnecessary

The only creditable performance so far is Magwitch.

iieee · Apr 16, 2023

They've completely changed all the characters. Not lovin it. Absolutely loved the Gillian Anderson one, this one can get in the bin.

Scotch Mist · Apr 16, 2023

iieee said:
They've completely changed all the characters. Not lovin it. Absolutely loved the Gillian Anderson one, this one can get in the bin.

I was done when Miss Havisham became a crackhead

EAD · Apr 17, 2023

Scotch Mist said:
I'm just watching the second episode and it's tit so far. Estella is charmless and Olivia Coleman is not Miss Havisham.

What's with the blacksmith being beaten by his wife? So unnecessary

The only creditable performance so far is Magwitch.

It wasn't the blacksmith, it was Mr Pumblechook.
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As I said in previous post I've never seen Great Expectations before so nothing to compare it to, episode 2 was a bit slow but its improved since Pip went to London imo.