
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.
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Air Date: 1979-12-09
The peaceful lives of Little Nell Trent and her beloved grandfather are harried by the odious, dwarfish moneylender D...
Air Date: 1979-12-16
Quilp has taken possession of the Curiosity Shop and its contents in settlement of Grandfather's gambling debts.
Air Date: 1979-12-23
Quilp marks out the good-natured but easily led Dick Swiveller as an ally. Kit meets the Garlands.
Air Date: 1979-12-30
Quilp leaves London in pursuit of Nell and her grandfather, having left Swiveller with instructions to report on the ...
Air Date: 1980-01-06
Quilp is in hot pursuit of Nell and her grandfather, who are working for Mrs Jarley and her travelling waxwork show.
Air Date: 1980-01-13
Fleeing Quilp, Nell and her grandfather have to leave Mrs Jarley's waxwork show.
Air Date: 1980-01-20
A kindly schoolmaster offers to take Nell and her grandfather to a safe village. Still in pursuit, Quilp has been sen...
Air Date: 1980-01-27
Quilp returns to London under the misapprehension that the old man and Nell are also on their way back. Nell's health...
Air Date: 1980-02-03
Kit has been framed by Quilp and thrown into jail. His plight is brought to the attention of Mr Witherden by Swivelle...