Little Dorrit (mini-series) - The Charles Dickens-based BBC Mini-Series Comes to DVD

This gripping new adaptation by Andrew Davies brings to life Dickens' powerful story of love, honour, debt and hope in 1820s London.

When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by the presence in his mother's house of a young seamstress, Amy Dorrit. The cold and forbidding Mrs Clennam isn't usually given to charity, so why has she made an exception in taking on Amy? Is she making reparations for a past wrongdoing? Does it have anything to do with Arthur's father's dying words and the pocket watch with its mysterious inscription, 'do not forget'?

Arthur's quest to discover the truth takes him across the City to the Marshalsea Prison for Debt where he meets and befriends Amy's father, William Dorrit, the prison's longest serving inmate. As he tries to help the Dorrits, Arthur discovers that the dark shadow of debt stretches far beyond the walls of the Marshalsea Prison to affect the lives of many. Just as it is possible to climb to the very top in London Society's intricate game of snakes and ladders, so it is possible to slip right down.

But if Arthur succeeds in unravelling the mystery of his family's past, where will it leave him in the scheme of things? And where will it leave the Dorrits?

The 2008 BBC mini-series Little Dorrit is a 14-episode adaption of the classic Charles Dickens story that will be coming to DVD in North America on April 28th. This 4-disc set stars Claire Foy as "Amy Dorrit." Foy is new on the starring-role scene, but notably is working on a new film with Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman called Season of the Witch. Other prominent cast members include Matthew Macfadyen (Frost/Nixon, MI-5), Emma Pierson (Hotel Babylon's "Anna"), Judy Parfitt (who played Dr. Corday's mother in ER) and Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings films, King Kong). Cost is $49.98 SRP for 450 minutes, with video presented in widescreen. Here's a look at the packaging:

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