Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit is a dramatic TV mini-series directed by Adam Smith, Dearbhla Walsh, and Diarmuid Lawrence based on the serial novel of the same name by Charles Dickens that follows the often downtrodden Dorrit family as the youngest takes care of family's poor placement within British culture. Amy Dorrit (Claire Foy) is a kind-hearted and compassionate young woman, working as a seamstress for a declining Mrs. Clennam (Judy Parfitt) while she and her father live in the Marshalsea Prison for Debt, a place that has always been her home. When Arthur Clennam (Matthew Macfadyen) returns from abroad to deliver his father's watch to his mother, he begins the task of putting to right the unjust imprisonment of Mr. Dorrit (Tom Courtenay). As Amy falls in love with Arthur and he continues to pursue his widowed ex-fiancŽe, the Dorrit family is pulled from their poor bootstraps up to the upper echelon of London society. Of course, no good story is without its drama as a vengeful Rigaud (Andy Serkis) continues to delve into just why the Clennam patriarch wanted to right the wrongs of the Dorrits. Little Dorrit was nominated for eleven Primetime Emmy Awards and won seven, including Outstanding Miniseries, Outstanding Directing for Dearbhla Walsh, and Outstanding Writing for Andrew Davies. MORE