TV Series

The Old Curiosity Shop

Name: The Old Curiosity Shop
Released: 1979-12-09
Rating: 7.5

7.51979 · 1 seasons30 min / episode

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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.

Status

Ended

Latest episode aired Feb 3, 1980

Season 1

~9 episodes

Total episodes

Seasons

Miniseries

9 episodes

Aired 1979

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.