The classic tale of Charles Dicken's Great Expectations is being made into a BBC One drama and will be directed by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. The new series is expected to be a darker story than is usually pictured and comes only 12 years after the BBC's last adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic novel.
Great Expectations boasts an impressive cast including the award-winning Olivia Coleman and Welsh actor Trystan Gravelle. You can keep up to date with the latest TV and showbiz news by signing up to the newsletter here.
A coming-of-age story, Great Expectations follows Pip, an orphan who yearns for a greater lot in life, until a twist of fate and the evil machinations of the mysterious and eccentric Miss Havisham show him a dark world of possibilities. Under the great expectations placed upon him, Pip will have to work out the true cost of this new world and whether it will truly make him the man he wishes to be.
