"Little Dorrit" Episode #1.14 (2008)

Director:

Diarmuid Lawrence

Writers:

Charles Dickens (novel)
Andrew Davies (screenwriter)

TV Series:

"Little Dorrit" (2008)

Original Air Date:

11 December 2008 (Season 1, Episode 14)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Merdle's suicide note reveals that he was a swindler, robbing his investors and leaving thousands ruined...

Plot Keywords:

19th Century | Charles Dickens | Debtor's Prison | London England | TV Mini-Series

Cast

Anton Lesser	...	Mr. Merdle
Geoffrey Whitehead	...	Doctor
Stephen Marcus	...	Bath Attendant
Nicholas Blane	...	Lawyer
Nicholas Jones	...	Scary Butler
Emma Pierson	...	Fanny Dorrit
Sebastian Armesto	...	Edmund Sparkler
Matthew Macfadyen	...	Arthur Clennam
Eddie Marsan	...	Pancks
Jason Thorpe	...	Cavalletto
Claire Foy	...	Amy Dorrit
Amanda Redman	...	Mrs. Merdle
Rosie Cavaliero	...	Mrs. Plornish
Geoffrey McGivern	...	Rugg (as Geoff McGivern)
Russell Tovey	...	John Chivery

Runtime:

60 min

Quotes:

[Fanny and Edmund discuss the impact of Mr Merdle's suicide and the collapse of his bank]
Fanny Dorrit: What a dreadful thing, Sparkler.
Sparkler: [ineffectually] Horrid. Horrid.
Fanny Dorrit: And with our mother-of-pearl penknife, too.
Sparkler: I know, my love - shocking.
Fanny Dorrit: If I had known what he wanted it for I might not have lent it to him. And now the Coroner's got it, I suppose, and heaven knows when I shall get it back.
Sparkler: I know, dear heart. It's very... vexing.
Fanny Dorrit: Are you fearfully cut-up about it, Sparkler? Was you very close to him?
Sparkler: Well I am a *bit* cut-up about it, Fanny. Of course it's not as if he was my *real* papa, but he wasn't a bad stick. The mater found him fearfully annoying, but I didn't. I think the *bird* was rather fond of him.
[Sparkler walks over to Merdle's parrot]
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