TY - ADVS AU - Dickens,Charles AU - Ormond,George AU - Kirk,Brian AU - Phelps,Sarah AU - Winstone,Ray AU - Anderson,Gillian AU - Suchet,David AU - Booth,Douglas TI - Great expectations U1 - DVD 165 PY - 2012/// CY - UK PB - BBC Worldwide KW - Orphan KW - Drama KW - Benefactor KW - Feature Film KW - Classics N1 - DVD release of the 1945 & 1948 motion pictures; Produced by George Ormond ; Directed by Brian Kirk ; Screenplay by Sarah Phelps; Ray Winstone, Gillian Anderson, David Suchet and Douglas Booth; Based on novel by Charles Dickens N2 - On a cold winter\'s day, orphan Pip has a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict. Pip\'s innocent act of kindness towards this man is to have far reaching consequences for them both. Meanwhile Miss Havisham, the reclusive owner of the grand and dilapidated Satis house, has requested Pip\'s presence as a playmate to her beautiful but cold-hearted daughter, Estella. Then Pip\'s life is suddenly transformed by the generosity of a secret benefactor. Pip abandons his loving home on the marshes for the life of a London gentleman, hoping to win Estella\'s hand. But the encounters of his childhood are to haunt him and shape the man he becomes ER -