"Little Dorrit" Episode #1.5 (2008)

Director:

Dearbhla Walsh

Writers:

Charles Dickens (novel)
Andrew Davies (screenwriter)

TV Series:

"Little Dorrit" (2008)

Original Air Date:

12 November 2008 (Season 1, Episode 5)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Amy accompanies Fanny on a visit to the rich and haughty Mrs. Merdle, mother of Fanny's admirer Sparkler...

Plot Keywords:

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

Cast

Claire Foy	...	Amy Dorrit
Emma Pierson	...	Fanny Dorrit
Amanda Redman	...	Mrs. Merdle
Eddie Marsan	...	Pancks
Zubin Varla	...	Daniel Doyce
Matthew Macfadyen	...	Arthur Clennam
Jason Thorpe	...	Cavalletto
Annette Crosbie	...	Mr. F's Aunt
Ruth Jones	...	Flora Finching
Rosie Cavaliero	...	Mrs. Plornish
Jason Watkins	...	Plornish
John Alderton	...	Mr. Casby
Russell Tovey	...	John Chivery
Ron Cook	...	Chivery
Sebastian Armesto	...	Sparkler

Quotes:

[Mrs Merdle's son Edmund Sparkler has proposed to Fanny Dorrit. Mrs Merdle explains to Fanny why she does not approve]
Mrs. Merdle: Sadly the fact is we are all creatures of society in one way or another. And the society in which I move will *never* recognise the society in which you and your sister move. I'm afraid we should find ourselves compelled to look down upon you with contempt. We should feel obliged to recoil from you with abhorrence.