1. PREMIERED 1981

    Great Expectations

    BBC One, from 1981

1981

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

PROGRAM INFO

  1. ABOUT
    TV serial
  2. PREMIERED
    October 4, 198145 years ago
  3. NETWORK
    BBC One
  4. COUNTRY
    United Kingdom
  5. LANGUAGE
    English
  6. EPISODES
    12
  7. GENRE
    Period drama film
  8. STARRING
    Stratford Johns
  9. ANNIVERSARY
    Turns 46 on October 4, 2027, in 335 days
  10. SOURCES
    Wikipedia, Wikidata

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