Little Dorrit
Rigaud is back... but what does he want?
Thursday 11 December 2008 at 08:00PM
As Mr Merdle's death sends shockwaves through London, it transpires that the great Merdles Bank has gone bankrupt and the thousands of people who invested in him are facing financial ruin. One of those unfortunate people is Arthur Clennam, who soon finds himself in the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison. Amy, Fanny and Tip also find themselves in dire financial straits, as it's discovered that Mr Dorrit has also lost his money in the bank collapse. But money worries mean nothing to young Amy when...
Little Dorrit Previous Episodes
Mr Dorrit plans his future - to forget the past
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Mr Dorrit returns to Venice a shadow of his former self after being plagued by constant reminders in London of his shameful past. Amy looks on,...
Mr Dorrit enjoys the high life
Thursday, 04 December 2008
As Mr Dorrit returns to England with his newlywed daughter Fanny and Edmund Sparkler, he is impressed by the Merdle house and flattered when Mr...
Will Sparkler's job keep him from Fanny?
Wednesday, 03 December 2008
Mrs Merdle is delighted when Mr Merdle gets their son Edmund Sparkler a job, certain that he's now away from Fanny's clutches. Amy hopes to return...
Mrs Merdle plots against Fanny Dorrit
Thursday, 27 November 2008
While Mr Dorrit enjoys hobnobbing with the cream of London Society in Venice, Mrs Merdle is appalled to find her son, Edmund Sparker, being...
Amy struggles with her new life
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
As the Dorrits arrive in Venice, Amy is struggling to adapt to her new, wealthy lifestyle. Mr Dorrit can't understand why and starts losing...
The Dorrits leave Marshalsea prison
Thursday, 20 November 2008
As the Dorrit family leave Marshalsea Debtors Prison, Mr Dorrit orders that Amy end her friendship with Arthur as he wants to leave the past...
Rigaud pays Mrs Clennam a visit
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Rigaud visits Mrs Clennam's house, pretending he's there on business, and is in no rush to reveal he has a box containing her secret papers. As...
Arthur proposes to Pet Meagles
Thursday, 13 November 2008
As Arthur returns to Twickenham to propose to Pet Meagles, Tattycoram decides she will not be bossed around by the Meagles' an ymore and storms out...
Fanny refuses to be intimidated
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Fanny Dorrit goes to see Mrs Merdle, the mother of her admirer, the wealthy Edmund Sparkler. But she refuses to be insulted when Mrs Merdle insists...
Rigaud arrives in England
Thursday, 06 November 2008
Sensing a rival in Arthur, John Chivery decides to make his move and proposes to Amy, but Amy turns down him down. Mr Dorrit is extremely put out...
Tattycoram is troubled by Miss Wade
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
Amy is so moved by Arthur's kindness in paying for her brother, Tip's, release from the Marshalsea that she insists on going to his lodgings to...
Arthur meets Mr Meagles
Thursday, 30 October 2008
Suspicious that his family may have been involved in William Dorrit's downfall, and that this was on his father's conscience when he died, Arthur...
Arthur Clennam returns to London
Sunday, 26 October 2008
Making his way home to London after 15 years in China, Arthur Clennam forms a bond with Pet Meagles while in quarantine in Marseilles. Pet's friend...
