
1 Season
9 Episode
The Old Curiosity Shop
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.
- Year: 1980
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- Genre: Drama
- Studio: BBC One
- Keyword: london, england, based on novel or book, victorian england, orphan, hunchback, moneylender, 19th century, gambling addiction, grandfather granddaughter relationship
- Director: Charles Dickens
- Cast: Sebastian Shaw, Natalie Ogle, Trevor Peacock, Granville Saxton