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I'm not able to say if this is the best BBC series ever, since I've seen few of them, but it must be close. The attention to casting, choice of locations, costumes and everything else is so impressive. They have really brought the Marshalsea to life by using Hampton Court, it looks just like the Hablot Browne illustrations. Andrew Davies is to be praised for using so much of Dickens's dialog in his script.
The one real standout performance is that of Andy Serkis as Rigaud; he is commandingly evil and looks just like the illustration. You accept his presence everywhere in the story without asking questions, he is that impressive. Tom Courtenay as Dorrit is very good; he's one of the most self-deluding men in world literature, always telling everyone how he has suffered during those two decades in prison (others suffered more, but he won't recognize that). Maxine Peake, whom I knew only through Silk, does very well as ice-cold Miss Wade. Eddie Marsan is Pancks, absolutely: obsessed, snorting derisively at the Marshalsea prisoners, finally declaring independence to cheers all round. Claire Foy and Matthew McFadyen play the heroes convincingly.
score 10/10
bob998 16 January 2015
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