Episode guide
Little Dorrit: Series 1
14 episodes · premiered Oct 26, 2008
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- Episode 1: Episode 1 Oct 26, 2008 · 57m 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…
- Episode 2: Episode 2 Oct 30, 2008 · 29m Arthur befriends Amy Dorrit and involves himself in her family's affairs. If, as he suspects, his family have something to do with their ruin, the least he can do is pay off her brother's…
- Episode 3: Episode 3 Nov 5, 2008 · 30m Flintwinch taunts Arthur's mother about the mystery at the heart of the House of Clennam, while Amy discovers that 'a gentleman' has paid off her brother's debts, and Arthur is invited to…
- Episode 4: Episode 4 Nov 6, 2008 · 29m Amy receives a proposal of marriage which throws her into confusion, Arthur is taken on as a partner in Daniel Doyce's engineering works, and the French villain Rigaud arrives in London.
- Episode 5: Episode 5 Nov 12, 2008 · 30m Amy accompanies her sister Fanny to meet Mrs Merdle, queen bee of London society. Meanwhile, Rigaud comes into possession of the Clennam papers, and Chivery the turnkey asks Arthur to put…
- Episode 6: Episode 6 Nov 13, 2008 · 29m Pancks recruits John Chivery to help him solve the mystery that connects the Dorrit family with the House of Clennam, while Arthur proposes to Pet Meagles. Elsewhere, Tattycoram runs away…
- Episode 7: Episode 7 Nov 19, 2008 · 29m Rigaud introduces himself to the House of Clennam, while Arthur is best man at Pet's marriage to Henry Gowan. Pancks concludes his investigation into the Dorrit family's long incarceration…
- Episode 8: Episode 8 Nov 20, 2008 · 29m Mr Dorrit is released from the Marshalsea after more than twenty years, and takes his family abroad to reinvent themselves as members of society. Miss Wade commissions Rigaud to spy on Pet…
- Episode 9: Episode 9 Nov 26, 2008 · 29m The Dorrits arrive in Venice, and Fanny renews an old acquaintance with Edmund Sparkler and his redoubtable mother Mrs Merdle. Meanwhile, Amy makes a friend in Pet Gowan, united through…
- Episode 10: Episode 10 Nov 27, 2008 · 29m Fanny has stolen the heart of Edmund Sparkler, whose mother, Mrs Merdle, is determined to separate them once and for all. Meanwhile, Merdle's Bank is besieged by investors, and Arthur is…
- Episode 11: Episode 11 Dec 3, 2008 · 27m Romance is in the air as Mrs General starts her campaign to woo Mr Dorrit, and Fanny turns the full beam of her attention on Sparkler. Meanwhile, an unwelcome reminder of the old days…
- Episode 12: Episode 12 Dec 4, 2008 · 29m Mr Dorrit leaves Amy behind in Venice as he returns to London with newlyweds Fanny and Sparkler, but the high life is not all he had hoped it would be. Meanwhile, Arthur invests Doyce and…
- Episode 13: Episode 13 Dec 10, 2008 · 29m Mr Dorrit returns to Venice, a broken man, after a visit to London revives unwelcome memories. Arthur warns his mother that she may be in danger from Rigaud. And Amy and Arthur meet again.
- Episode 14: Episode 14 Dec 11, 2008 · 58m Mr Merdle's death and the collapse of Merdle's Bank sends shockwaves through London as thousands face financial ruin. Arthur returns to the Marshalsea a prisoner, Amy goes back to her…