Little Dorrit Part Two: Little Dorrit's Story
06:00 am - 09:25 am, Sunday, December 28 on Sky Arts (350)
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A seamstress is born into poverty, and spends her life striving to support her imprisoned father and selfish family. An encounter with a man recently returned from overseas offers a chance of salvation. Conclusion of the two-part adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel telling the story from the title character's point of view, starring Sarah Pickering, Derek Jacobi, Alec Guinness and Joan Greenwood
1988
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Cast & Crew
Sarah Pickering
(Actor)
.. Little Dorrit
Derek Jacobi
(Actor)
.. Arthur Clennam
Joan Greenwood
(Actor)
.. Mrs Clennam
Alec Guinness
(Actor)
.. William Dorrit
Patricia Hayes
(Actor)
.. Affery
Sophie Ward
(Actor)
.. Minnie Meagles
David Thewlis
(Actor)
.. George Braddle
Miriam Margolyes
(Actor)
.. Flora Finching
Christine Edzard
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Sarah Pickering
(Actor)
.. Little Dorrit
Derek Jacobi
(Actor)
.. Arthur Clennam
Born:
October 22, 1938
in
London
Best Known For:
His classical roles.
Early-life:
Derek George Jacobi was born on October 22, 1938, in Leytonstone, east London. His mother was a secretary and his father managed a department store. He is an only child. He became hooked on movies and dancing as a boy and played Hamlet at school, with the production later appearing at the Edinburgh Festival. During his time there, he was invited to meet an agent, who told him that, at 18, he was too young to become a star. Jacobi spent the next three years studying history at Cambridge, where he befriended Ian McKellen and Trevor Nunn.
Career:
Following acclaimed performances at university, Jacobi joined Birmingham Rep. He was spotted by Laurence Olivier, who invited him to join the National Theatre Company. He made his film debut alongside Olivier in 1965's Othello. Since then, Jacobi has continued to make acclaimed appearances on stage and screen. Among his films are The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, Love Is the Devil, Gladiator, Gosford Park, The King's Speech and Hereafter. He inspired Kenneth Branagh to become an actor and worked alongside him in Henry V, Hamlet and Dead Again. Jacobi won a Bafta for I, Claudius in 1977, starred in the medieval-set series Cadfael, played The Master in Doctor Who, is the narrator of In the Night Garden and scored a surprise hit with Last Tango in Halifax.
Quote:
"As an actor conscious that you are in a theatre, you still have to make it look as spontaneous as if you did not know that you are being watched by 1,000 pairs of eyes."
Trivia:
He received a knighthood in 1994.
Joan Greenwood
(Actor)
.. Mrs Clennam
Alec Guinness
(Actor)
.. William Dorrit
Patricia Hayes
(Actor)
.. Affery
Sophie Ward
(Actor)
.. Minnie Meagles
David Thewlis
(Actor)
.. George Braddle
Born:
March 20, 1963
in
Blackpool, Lancashire
Best Known For:
Playing Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter films.
Early-life:
Born David Wheeler on March 20, 1963 in Blackpool, Lancashire to Maureen (nee Thewlis) and Alex Raymond Wheeler. He lived above his parents' shop during his childhood. As a teenager, David played in rock band QED and punk rock band Door 66. He travelled to London with Door 66 and ended up enrolling at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, which he graduated from in 1984.
Career:
Thewlis had a number of minor roles in films and TV series, including an episode of Only Fools and Horses, until he landed his breakout role in Naked (1993). During the 1990s, he appeared in such films as Black Beauty (1994), Total Eclipse (1995), DragonHeart (1996), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Divorcing Jack (1998) and The Big Lebowski (1998). Thewlis was cast as Remus Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and went on to appear in the next four films in the series. His other credits include Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), The Lady (2011), Macbeth (2015), Wonder Woman (2017) and the TV series Fargo.
Quote:
"When you do something well, this is the best job in the world."
Trivia:
Because of his role in Seven Years in Tibet, he is banned from entering China.
Miriam Margolyes
(Actor)
.. Flora Finching
Born:
May 18, 1941
in
Oxford
Best Known For:
Her many film, stage and TV roles.
Early-life:
Margolyes was born in Oxford, in 1941, the daughter of Ruth, a real estate investor, and Joseph Margolyes, a physician. She grew up in a Jewish family, a descendant of immigrants from Belarus. She attended the local Oxford High School and later Newnham College, Cambridge. There, she began acting in her 20s, and also appeared in productions of the comedy troup, Cambridge Footlights.
Career:
Margolyes first gained recognition for her work as a voice artist. After early work providing vocals on soft-porn films, she performed most of the supporting female characters in the dubbed Japanese action TV series, Monkey. She also worked with the theatre company Gay Sweatshop. Margolyes' first major role in a film was as Elephant Ethel in Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977). She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Flora Finching in the 1988 movie Little Dorrit. On American TV, she headlined the short-lived 1992 CBS sitcom Frannie's Turn. In 1993 she won a Best Supporting Actress Bafta for her role as Mrs Mingott, the only comic relief in Martin Scorsese's The Age Of Innocence. Since then she has appeared in the Harry Potter films and played small roles in many hit movies and TV shows.
Quote:
"Life, if you're fat, is a minefield - you have to pick your way, otherwise you blow up."
Trivia:
She became an Australian citizen in January 2013.
Christine Edzard
(Director)
