The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop is a 1979 BBC miniseries based on the novel by Charles Dickens. It was directed by Julian Amyes, and adapted by William Trevor. A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
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Sebastian Shaw
Grandfather · 9 eps
Natalie Ogle
Nell Trent · 9 eps
Trevor Peacock
Daniel Quilp · 9 eps
Granville Saxton
Dick Swiveller · 9 eps
Colin Jeavons
Sampson Brass · 7 eps
Christopher Fairbank
Kit Nubbles · 7 eps
Wensley Pithey
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Sandra Payne
Mrs Quilp · 6 eps
Freda Dowie
Sally Brass · 6 eps
Laurence Hardy
Mr Witherden · 5 eps
Simon Garstang
Little Jacob · 4 eps
Keith Hazemore
Abel Garland · 4 eps
Patsy Byrne
Mrs Nubbles · 4 eps
Annabelle Lanyon
Small Servant · 4 eps
Brian Oulton
The Schoolmaster · 4 eps
Freda Jackson
Mrs Jiniwin · 3 eps
Donald Bisset
Mr Garland · 3 eps
Bernard Stone
Short · 3 eps
Anthony Pedley
Codlin · 3 eps
Margaret Courtenay
Mrs Jarley · 3 eps
