PBS airs Dickens 'Little Dorrit' on Masterpiece

Full story: ScrippsNews

As PBS's "Masterpiece Classic" continues to roll out films based on the works of Charles Dickens, attention turns to one of the author's less popular works, "Little Dorrit." Beginning at 9 p.m. EDT Sunday and continuing for the next four Sundays, "Dorrit" tells a Dickens love story with the timely themes of chronic debt and financial collapse.

Starring Matthew Macfadyen as Arthur Clennam and newcomer Claire Foy as Amy Dorrit. Check your local listings on PBS for times/schedule. PBS Masterpiece Classics

Edit/Update 3/28/09: A great review of the series in the New York Times TV Review Section thanks Pat.

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MFS Mountain View, CA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #1 May 15, 2009 Love Little Dorrit! Matthew & Claire are fabulous! I had to buy the DVD & book to finally figure out what the secrets were once and for all. Love it1
Kathy SF California Since: Apr 07 10,807 San Francisco	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #2 May 15, 2009 Hi MFS! It is a wonderful Dickens story and thanks to Matthew I would've not been interested but now I am! Thanks for the post!
Kathy SF California Since: Apr 07 10,807 San Francisco	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 May 27, 2009 PBS submits Little Dorrit for Emmy Consideration!!! Woop Woop!! http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby...
Scrappydew Since: Jan 09 542 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 May 27, 2009 Woop Woop indeed!!
Celena “I adore Matthew!” Since: Jul 08 2,532 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #5 May 27, 2009 Kathy SF California wrote: PBS submits Little Dorrit for Emmy Consideration!!! Woop Woop!! http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby... Excellent news Kathy, thanks for the information! I'm almost sure LD will be nominated for the Emmy's. It's a great story and it deserves the best!!
Nancy PA Since: Dec 08 1,302 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #6 May 27, 2009 Kathy SF California wrote: PBS submits Little Dorrit for Emmy Consideration!!! Woop Woop!! http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby... Yes, yes, yes!!! Very exciting news, Kathy! Thank you for sharing this with us. Oh, I do hope Little Dorrit receives a nomination....and wins!!!
lady arthur Since: Jul 08 344 Lexington, VA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #7 May 28, 2009 In the meanwhile, I have been reading (and recently purchased) three Dickens novels- A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens' bloodiest novel), David Copperfield, and Oliver Twist. And all that with my reviews of the Little Dorrit novel and my rewriting of my Little Dorrit sequel. Busy, busy, busy!!
Kathy SF California Since: Apr 07 10,807 San Francisco	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #8 May 28, 2009 Nancy PA wrote: <quoted text> Yes, yes, yes!!! Very exciting news, Kathy! Thank you for sharing this with us. Oh, I do hope Little Dorrit receives a nomination....and wins!!! I think it has a good chance, Nancy. Crossing everything!

Nancy PA Since: Dec 08 1,302 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #9 May 28, 2009 Kathy SF California wrote: <quoted text> I think it has a good chance, Nancy. Crossing everything! I'm with you, Kathy....everything is crossed...and will remain so until we hear!!
lady arthur Since: Jul 08 344 Waynesboro, VA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #10 Jun 3, 2009 If you're interested, I finished the series of summaries on the Little Dorrit novel I was working on in the Little Dorrit forum. A week later, I will give you the extra treat of summaries from the novel version of my Little Dorrit sequel (which will be interesting, since I haven't even finished this novel)
Kathy SF California Since: Apr 07 10,807 San Francisco	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #11 Jun 4, 2009 lady arthur wrote: If you're interested, I finished the series of summaries on the Little Dorrit novel I was working on in the Little Dorrit forum. A week later, I will give you the extra treat of summaries from the novel version of my Little Dorrit sequel (which will be interesting, since I haven't even finished this novel) Thanks Ms. Dickens;-)
lady arthur Since: Jul 08 344 Harrisonburg, VA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #12 Jun 4, 2009 You're welcome:>
Nancy PA Since: Dec 08 1,302 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #13 Jun 7, 2009 After seeing the other mini-series that have been submitted for consideration for the Emmy, I really think Little Dorrit has a wonderful chance for a nomination. The list for consideration in this category are: The Color of Magic Generation Kill House of Saddam Knights of Bloodsteel The Last Templar Little Dorrit Maneater The list of Actors and Actresses submitted for consideration in those categories is LONG, including Kevin Bacon, Kenneth Branagh, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin Kline, our MATTHEW (OF COURSE!), Ian McKellan, Matthew Modine, Jonathan Pryce, Kiefer Sutherland, Noah Wylie, Alexander Skarsgard..just to name a few of the actors. And for the actresses....Kathy Baker, Drew Barrymore, CLAIRE FOY (YAY!!), Jessica Lange, Shirley MacLaine, Anna Paquin, Uma Thurman, Sigourney Weaver, Lesley Ann Warren, Mira Sorvino, Mena Suvari....just to name a few. I never knew just how many actors and actresses names are submitted for consideration...it's overwhelming really! Of course, Tom Courtenay and Andy Serkis have been submitted for consideration for Best Supporting Actor in a Mini-series. And, Judy Parfitt for Best Supporting Actress in a mini-series. I have my fingers (and everything else, Kathy! LOL!)crossed in hopes of nominations in all of these categories...it would be wonderful..and well deserved! Here's hoping....!!!
Celena “I adore Matthew!” Since: Jul 08 2,532 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #14 Jun 7, 2009 Nancy PA wrote: After seeing the other mini-series that have been submitted for consideration for the Emmy, I really think Little Dorrit has a wonderful chance for a nomination. The list for consideration in this category are: The Color of Magic Generation Kill House of Saddam Knights of Bloodsteel The Last Templar Little Dorrit Maneater The list of Actors and Actresses submitted for consideration in those categories is LONG, including Kevin Bacon, Kenneth Branagh, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin Kline, our MATTHEW (OF COURSE!), Ian McKellan, Matthew Modine, Jonathan Pryce, Kiefer Sutherland, Noah Wylie, Alexander Skarsgard..just to name a few of the actors. And for the actresses....Kathy Baker, Drew Barrymore, CLAIRE FOY (YAY!!), Jessica Lange, Shirley MacLaine, Anna Paquin, Uma Thurman, Sigourney Weaver, Lesley Ann Warren, Mira Sorvino, Mena Suvari....just to name a few. I never knew just how many actors and actresses names are submitted for consideration...it's overwhelming really! Of course, Tom Courtenay and Andy Serkis have been submitted for consideration for Best Supporting Actor in a Mini-series. And, Judy Parfitt for Best Supporting Actress in a mini-series. I have my fingers (and everything else, Kathy! LOL!)crossed in hopes of nominations in all of these categories...it would be wonderful..and well deserved! Here's hoping....!!! Thank you Nancy for all this information! So happy Matthew, Claire and Little Dorrit are nominated...yay!!!! I'm with you, my fingers are doubled crossed!!!!
Kathy SF California Since: Apr 07 10,807 San Francisco	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #15 Jun 7, 2009 Nancy PA wrote: After seeing the other mini-series that have been submitted for consideration for the Emmy, I really think Little Dorrit has a wonderful chance for a nomination. The list for consideration in this category are: The Color of Magic Generation Kill House of Saddam Knights of Bloodsteel The Last Templar Little Dorrit Maneater The list of Actors and Actresses submitted for consideration in those categories is LONG, including Kevin Bacon, Kenneth Branagh, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin Kline, our MATTHEW (OF COURSE!), Ian McKellan, Matthew Modine, Jonathan Pryce, Kiefer Sutherland, Noah Wylie, Alexander Skarsgard..just to name a few of the actors. I have my fingers (and everything else, Kathy! LOL!)crossed in hopes of nominations in all of these categories...it would be wonderful..and well deserved! Here's hoping....!!! Yep, Nancy, I am looking forward Thursday, July 16 when the noms will be announced! I believe that Dorrit has more than a good chance of being nominated and so does Matthew!! I think Masterpiece has done an excellent job with showcasing it and of course it was highly regarded by viewers!!! Go Matthtew!!!!!!;-)
Celena “I adore Matthew!” Since: Jul 08 2,532 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #16 Jun 15, 2009 An article on Little Dorrit... http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004927.h...
Nancy PA Since: Dec 08 1,302 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #17 Jun 15, 2009 Celena wrote: An article on Little Dorrit... http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004927.h... It's wonderful that Variety featured Little Dorrit with this article. Surely LD, Matthew, Claire, Andy, Tom and Judy will get nominations! Thanks for the link, Celena!!
Celena “I adore Matthew!” Since: Jul 08 2,532 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #18 Jun 15, 2009 Nancy PA wrote: <quoted text> It's wonderful that Variety featured Little Dorrit with this article. Surely LD, Matthew, Claire, Andy, Tom and Judy will get nominations! Thanks for the link, Celena!! You are welcome Nancy! I'm sure they will get nominations and if luck is by their side they will win too,they deserved it. Having my fingers crossed, LOL!
lady arthur Since: Jul 08 344 Lexington, VA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #19 Sep 18, 2009 Just returned to Topix today. Topix has been rather evil to me the past few months. Like if I was missed...
Kathy SF California Since: Apr 07 10,807 San Francisco	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #20 Sep 18, 2009 lady arthur wrote: Just returned to Topix today. Topix has been rather evil to me the past few months. Like if I was missed... You must be mistaken lady arthur...just us sweet 'lil MM fans here!;-) btw, you are going to watch the Emmy's Sunday evening, eh?
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