The Old Curiosity Shop

1979

6 out of 10

1 vote

Popularity

0.8

Episodes length

30 min

Seasons

Last series

1 season 9 series

Status

Ended

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.