But “it was guys like Charley who made it Dickensian.” As such, he could easily have played Joe Gargery, the kindhearted and loyal blacksmith in Great Expectations, a man at peace with his physical ...

Great Expectations begins with a young Pip (Oscar Kennedy), an orphan who lives in the countryside with his older sister (Claire Rushbrook) and her husband, the blacksmith Joe Gargery (Shaun Dooley).

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"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens is a classic coming-of-age story that follows the life of Pip, an orphan who dreams of becoming a gentleman. The novel is filled with unforgettable characters, ...

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There are also memorable performances by Martita Hunt as Miss Havisham, Finlay Currie as Magwitch, Francis L Sullivan as Jaggers and Bernard Miles as Joe Gargery. These characters, inevitably, came ...

Characteristic of the socio-economic conditions many orphans in Charles Dickens’ works are born into, the 2023 BBC show Great Expectations is gloomy, dark (literally) and struggles to provide ...