The Old Curiosity Shop (1979)

Creator: Charles Dickens

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.

Cast

Sebastian Shaw

Grandfather

Natalie Ogle

Nell Trent

Trevor Peacock

Daniel Quilp

Granville Saxton

Dick Swiveller