Little Dorrit

Sunday's Highlights

Los Angeles Times, CA
Masterpiece Classic: "Little Dorrit," one of Charles Dickens' lesser-known novels, becomes a five-part miniseries set in a world of debtors prisons and shady financial dealings. In the premiere, Amy "Little" Dorrit (Claire Foy) is summoned from the ...

Around the Remote: Chuck Barney's TV Picks for March 29-April 4

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
TONIGHT: Fans of Charles Dickens will want to hunker down for a new five-part adaptation of "Little Dorrit." The romantic saga opens in 1820s England and follows the Dorrit family and the rich array of characters the Dorrits encounter on their way from ...

Kids deserve a better choice than 'Madagascar'

South Coast Today, MA
Screenwriter Andrew Davies ("Bleak House") adapts Charles Dickens' "Little Dorrit" on "Masterpiece Theatre" (9 pm, Sunday, PBS, check local listings), a sprawling tale of cruelty and romance starring Claire Foy as Amy Dorrit, a young woman beloved by ...

Kenneth Baker, Chronicle Art Critic

San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Little Dorrit: A "Masterpiece" miniseries. Part 1, 9 pm Sunday; part 2, 9 pm April 5; Part 3, 9 pm April 12; part 4, 9 pm April 19; part 5, 9 pm April 26. KQED, Channel 9, with encore... Rachel Maddow was unknown outside of ...

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Washington Post, United States
New miniseries "Masterpiece Classic: Little Dorrit" (Channels 22 and 26 at 8) tells one of Charles Dickens's love stories, which also involves financial collapse. How timely! As the teams arrive in Thailand on "The Amazing Race" (Channel 9 at 8), ...

Books: To Serve Them All My Days

Hollywood Today Newsmagazine, CA
Andrew Davies, the screenwriter of the BBC series, also adapted Little Dorrit, the Dickens novel that’s premiering as a mini-series on PBS this week. Many readers of the book today will have seen the 1980 television series. The story is reminiscent of ...

Critic's Corner Weekend

USA Today
•PBS' Masterpiece Classic continues its Charles Dickens festival with Little Dorrit (Sunday, 9 ET/PT, times may vary). Adapted by Andrew Davies (Bleak House, Pride and Prejudice), this five-part miniseries stars Claire Foy, Tom Courtenay and Matthew ...

Little Dorrit (mini-series) - Little Dorrit

TVShowsOnDVD.com, Canada
When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by the presence in his mother's house of a young seamstress, Amy Dorrit. The cold and forbidding Mrs Clennam isn't usually given to charity, so why has she made an ...

Top 55 TV Programs for March 29-April 2, 2009

NewsOK.com, OK
◊“Masterpiece Classic” (8 pm on OETA-13): “Little Dorrit,” one of Charles Dickens’ lesser-known novels, becomes a five-part miniseries set in a world of chronic debt and financial collapse. Matthew Macfadyen (“Pride and Prejudice”) plays hero Arthur ...
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