Little Dorrit Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Little Dorrit

Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

London; the 1820s. Amy Dorrit was born in the Marshalsea, a debtors' prison, where her father has been incarcerated for so long he dines out on the fact,regarding himself as a local celebrity. She has just got a job as a seamstress to Mrs....See moreLondon; the 1820s. Amy Dorrit was born in the Marshalsea, a debtors' prison, where her father has been incarcerated for so long he dines out on the fact,regarding himself as a local celebrity. She has just got a job as a seamstress to Mrs. Clennam, a widowed invalid and a ruthless businesswoman who lives in a crumbling town house with her sinister butler Flintwinch and his nervous wife Affery. Arthur Clennam, her son, is returning home after nine years working for the family firm in China. In France he meets a solitary Englishwoman Miss Wade and the retired couple, Mr. and Mrs. Meagles, who have gone abroad to take their spoilt daughter Pet's mind off the unsuitable boyfriend Henry Gowan. They also have an adopted daughter Tattycoram, whom they patronize, and Miss Wade is drawn to her as a kindred spirit. On his return to London Arthur cannot understand why his usually uncharitable mother has engaged Amy and recalls his father's dying words to 'put it right'. He assumes that his family is responsible for the Dorrits' misfortunes and visits Amy's father at the Marshalsea to the annoyance of the jailer's son John Chivery, who worships Amy. Locked in the prison overnight Arthur meets Amy's irresponsible brother 'Tip', another debtor, and Amy's sister Fanny and uncle who are music-hall artists who are visiting. Meanwhile, in France, Rigaud, a murderous French man, and his timid cell-mate, the Italian Cavaletto, are separately released from jail. And Miss Wade surprises Tattycoram, who is in a rage at her adopted parents, by calling on her.At night Affery is taken aback to see Flintwinch, who has just burnt some papers at his mistress's request, entertaining his twin brother. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less

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Name	Known for
Tom Courtenay Mr. Dorrit Mr. Dorrit See fewer	45 Years (2015)
Matthew Macfadyen Arthur Clennam Arthur Clennam See fewer	Succession (2018)
Russell Tovey John Chivery John Chivery See fewer	The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)
Claire Foy Amy Dorrit Amy Dorrit See fewer	First Man (2018)
Judy Parfitt Mrs. Clennam Mrs. Clennam See fewer	Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Alun Armstrong Jeremiah Flintwinch / Ephraim Flintwinch Jeremiah Flintwinch / Ephraim Flintwinch See fewer	The Mummy Returns (2001)
Sue Johnston Affery Flintwinch Affery Flintwinch See fewer	The Royle Family (1998)
Ian McElhinney Mr. Clennam Mr. Clennam See fewer	Hamlet (1996)
Bill Paterson Mr. Meagles Mr. Meagles See fewer	The Witches (1990)
Georgia King Pet Meagles Pet Meagles See fewer	Vice Principals (2016)
Freema Agyeman Tattycoram Tattycoram See fewer	Doctor Who (2005)
Maxine Peake Miss Wade Miss Wade See fewer	The Theory of Everything (2014)
Janine Duvitski Mrs. Meagles Mrs. Meagles See fewer	The New World (2005)
Andy Serkis Rigaud Rigaud See fewer	War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Jason Thorpe Cavalletto Cavalletto See fewer	The Witcher (2019)
Ron Cook Chivery Chivery See fewer	Hot Fuzz (2007)
Jonathan Slinger Waiter Waiter See fewer	A Knight's Tale (2001)
Amanda Lawrence Poyner Poyner See fewer	Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Arthur Darvill Tip Dorrit Tip Dorrit See fewer	Doctor Who (2005)
Laurence Belcher Young Arthur Young Arthur See fewer	X-Men: First Class (2011)
Daniel Rovai Jailer Jailer See fewer	Silent Sonata (2011)
James Fleet Frederick Dorrit Frederick Dorrit See fewer	Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Emma Pierson Fanny Dorrit Fanny Dorrit See fewer	Guest House Paradiso (1999)
Hollie Burgess Bleedin Heart Child (uncredited) Bleedin Heart Child (uncredited) See fewer	Grace (2021)
Kingsley Frances-Gray Woman (uncredited) Woman (uncredited) See fewer	Get Away (2009)
Albert Tang Market Shopper (uncredited) Market Shopper (uncredited) See fewer	Havoc (2025)