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It's said that comparisons are odious, so to criticize this 2008 BBC adaptation based in anyway on the 1987 version would be a gross mistake. True, the latter is also a 10 out of 10 with some performances that are outstanding, but to make any critical comment purely based upon that fact would force you to ignore the many top notch portrayals found here.
For instance, Claire Foy as Little Dorrit is without fault, as are so many of the cast. Alun Armstrong is memorable playing Flintwinch, ticks, jerks, limps and all, but most of all, Andy Serkis is the epitome of evil as Rigaud/Blandois/Lagnier or whatever he happens to call himself as he delightfully proceeds to happily murder victim after victim. Not including Judy Parfitt (Mrs. Clennam), Eddie Marsan (Pancks) and the heart breaking performance of Russell Tovey (John Chivery) seems like a travesty. Many US viewers may not know some of these names at all, but it's due to their careers being predominantly on the other side of the Pond.
If you don't like Dickens, then you won't like Little Dorrit. But assuming that you do, you'll be delighted with every scene in every episode. There's no way that this could have been dramatised in a finer fashion, as I'm certain Dickens would agree. A must see series!
score 10/10
djrandmpr-01600 15 June 2019
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