The Old Curiosity Shop (1979 – 1980)

6 | Dec 09, 1979 (GB) | Drama

london, england based on novel or book victorian england orphan hunchback moneylender 19th century gambling addiction grandfather granddaughter relationship

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.

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Charles Dickens

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