The Old Curiosity Shop

Name: The Old Curiosity Shop
Genre: Drama
Released: 1979-12-09
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Sebastian Shaw, Natalie Ogle, Trevor Peacock, Granville Saxton

6.0(1 votes)

1979 - 1980

1 Season

Ended

Drama

london, englandbased on novel or bookvictorian englandorphanhunchbackmoneylender19th centurygambling addictiongrandfather granddaughter relationship

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.