Overview
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.
Cast
- Sebastian Shaw as Grandfather
- Natalie Ogle as Nell Trent
- Trevor Peacock as Daniel Quilp
- Granville Saxton as Dick Swiveller