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  • Little Dorrit Episode #1.14 (Season 1, Episode 14)
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    TV Episode | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Little Dorrit

Episode #1.14 (Season 1, Episode 14)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Merdle's suicide note reveals that he was a swindler, robbing his investors and leaving thousands ruined. Mrs. Merdle agrees to Fanny's suggestion they do a 'moonlight flit' to escape creditors but Arthur submits to imprisonment in the ...See moreMerdle's suicide note reveals that he was a swindler, robbing his investors and leaving thousands ruined. Mrs. Merdle agrees to Fanny's suggestion they do a 'moonlight flit' to escape creditors but Arthur submits to imprisonment in the Marshalsea, where the Plornishes bring food and optimism and John Chivery makes him realize Amy has always loved him. He succumbs to a fever and wakes up to find Amy has come to the Marshalsea to nurse him back to health. She tells him she loves him but he replies that, now he is ruined, he would only drag her down. Rigaud returns to taunt Mrs. Clennam, revealing what he knows from the stolen documents. Her hard heart drove her husband into an affair with another woman who bore a son, Arthur, whom she snatched and brought up lovelessly. The woman died and Mr. Clennam's father, seeking to help someone else who was disadvantaged, bequeathed money to Amy. Rigaud wants £2,000 to keep silent but instead she gets up and hobbles to the prison to confess to Amy what she has kept back, asking for Amy's forgiveness. Whilst she is out her house collapses, killing Rigaud, and she drops down dead on surveying the rubble. Tattycoram discovers that Miss Wade has been using her in her plan to hit back at Gowan and returns to the Meagles. Mr. Pancks exposes Casby as a miser and a hypocrite and cuts his beard off in front of his tenants before resigning. The Dorrit siblings are left penniless when their father's will is read, as he too had invested all his cash with Mr. Merdle, and Sparkler gets Tip a job at the Circumlocution Office. Daniel Doyce returns from Russia, having made a fortune, which he is happy to share with the man who set him up in business - Arthur, whose financial woes are now ended. Flora and John stand aside nobly and join all the other friends of Arthur and Amy at their wedding. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less
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Charles Dickens (novel) | Andrew Davies (screenwriter)
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Edit Released
Updated Dec 11, 2008

Release date
Apr 26, 2009 (United States)

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35 cast members
Name Known for
Anton Lesser
Mr. Merdle Mr. Merdle   See fewer
Stephen Marcus
Bath Attendant Bath Attendant   See fewer
Nicholas Jones
Scary Butler Scary Butler   See fewer
Emma Pierson
Fanny Dorrit Fanny Dorrit   See fewer
Sebastian Armesto
Edmund Sparkler Edmund Sparkler   See fewer
Matthew Macfadyen
Arthur Clennam Arthur Clennam   See fewer
Eddie Marsan
Pancks Pancks   See fewer
Jason Thorpe
Cavalletto Cavalletto   See fewer
Claire Foy
Amy Dorrit Amy Dorrit   See fewer
Amanda Redman
Mrs. Merdle Mrs. Merdle   See fewer
Rosie Cavaliero
Mrs. Plornish Mrs. Plornish   See fewer
Geoffrey McGivern
Rugg (as Geoff McGivern) Rugg (as Geoff McGivern)   See fewer
Russell Tovey
John Chivery John Chivery   See fewer
Ron Cook
Chivery Chivery   See fewer
Tom Courtenay
Mr. Dorrit Mr. Dorrit   See fewer
Jason Watkins
Plornish Plornish   See fewer
Andy Serkis
Rigaud Rigaud   See fewer
Stuart Nurse
Marshalsea Doctor Marshalsea Doctor   See fewer
Alex Wyndham
Henry Gowan Henry Gowan   See fewer
Maxine Peake
Miss Wade Miss Wade   See fewer
Freema Agyeman
Tattycoram Tattycoram   See fewer
Judy Parfitt
Mrs. Clennam Mrs. Clennam   See fewer
Alun Armstrong
Flintwinch Flintwinch   See fewer
Sue Johnston
Affery Affery   See fewer
John Alderton
Mr. Casby Mr. Casby   See fewer
Arthur Darvill
Tip Dorrit Tip Dorrit   See fewer
Ruth Jones
Flora Finching Flora Finching   See fewer
Zubin Varla
Daniel Doyce Daniel Doyce   See fewer
Bill Paterson
Mr. Meagles Mr. Meagles   See fewer
Janine Duvitski
Mrs. Meagles Mrs. Meagles   See fewer
Eve Myles
Maggy Maggy   See fewer
Annette Crosbie
Mr. F's Aunt Mr. F's Aunt   See fewer
Kingsley Frances-Gray
Woman (uncredited) Woman (uncredited)   See fewer
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