First look images of Olivia Colman in Steven Knight's Great Expectations released

First look images of Olivia Colman in Steven Knight's Great Expectations released

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Wednesday, 13th July 2022
Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham and Fionn Whitehead as Pip (Credit: BBC)
Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham and Fionn Whitehead as Pip (Credit: BBC)

Steven Knight’s Great Expectations adaptation releases first look images.

The first look images for the BBC six-part limited series sees Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham with Fionn Whitehead as Pip and Shalom Brune-Franklin as Estella. 

Steven Knight will write and executive produce the series, which will also be executive produced by Tom Hardy and Ridley Scott. 

Great Expectations tells the coming of age story and education of an orphan named Pip who dreams of becoming a gentleman. 

It was initially released by Charles Dickens as a series of weekly chapters starting in December 1860 before being published as a novel, and is the second Dickens novel adapted by Knight.

Filming is currently underway in the south of England. The series will be produced by FX Productions in association with the BBC.


Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham and Shalom Brune Franklin as Estella (Credit: BBC)

 

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Steven Knight’s Great Expectations adaptation releases first look images.