The Old Curiosity Shop

1979 - 1980

Episode 1

9th December 1979

Episode 1

The peaceful lives of Little Nell Trent and her beloved grandfather are harried by the odious, misshapen moneylender Daniel Quilp, who plans to marry Nell when she is older.

Episode 2

16th December 1979

Episode 2

Quilp has taken possession of the Curiosity Shop and its contents in settlement of Grandfather's gambling debts.

Episode 3

23rd December 1979

Episode 3

Quilp marks out the good-natured but easily led Dick Swiveller as an ally. Kit meets the Garlands.

Episode 4

30th December 1979

Episode 4

Quilp leaves London in pursuit of Nell and her grandfather, having left Swiveller with instructions to report on the movements of the Single Gentleman.

Episode 5

6th January 1980

Episode 5

Quilp is in hot pursuit of Nell and her grandfather, who are working for Mrs Jarley and her travelling waxwork show.

Episode 6

13th January 1980

Episode 6

Fleeing Quilp, Nell and her grandfather have to leave Mrs Jarley's waxwork show.

Episode 7

20th January 1980

Episode 7

A kindly schoolmaster offers to take Nell and her grandfather to a safe village. Still in pursuit, Quilp has been sent in the wrong direction by the furnaceman.

Episode 8

27th January 1980

Episode 8

Quilp returns to London under the misapprehension that the old man and Nell are also on the way back. Nell's health is causing concern. Quilp tells Brass that Kit must be discredited in some way.

Episode 9

3rd February 1980

Episode 9

Kit has been framed by Quilp and thrown into jail. His plight is brought to the attention of Mr Witherden by Swiveller. The Single Gentleman finally tracks down Nell and her grandfather.

Top Cast

Sebastian Shaw•Natalie Ogle•Trevor Peacock

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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Full Cast

Sebastian Shaw Image

Sebastian Shaw

Grandfather

Natalie Ogle

Nell Trent

Trevor Peacock Image

Trevor Peacock

Daniel Quilp

Granville Saxton Image

Granville Saxton

Dick Swiveller

Full Crew

Barry Letts Image

Barry Letts

Producer

Michael Edwards

Production Design

Carl Davis Image

Carl Davis

Music

Joyce Hawkins

Costume Design

Alistair Bell

Script Editor

Jan Nethercot

Makeup Artist

Charles Dickens Image

Charles Dickens

Novel

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