TV Show Details
Air Date:December 9th, 1979
Last Air Date:February 3rd, 1980
Network:BBC One
Status:Ended
Genres:Drama
Original Language:English
The Old Curiosity Shop (1979-1980)
TV ShowBBC One
Miniseries
Audience Score
Plot
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.
