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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.
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Episode 1
30 min
The peaceful lives of Little Nell Trent and her beloved grandfather are harried by the odious, misshapen moneylender Daniel Quilp, who plans to marry Nell when she is older.
Episode 2
30 min
Quilp has taken possession of the Curiosity Shop and its contents in settlement of Grandfather's gambling debts.
Episode 3
30 min
Quilp marks out the good-natured but easily led Dick Swiveller as an ally. Kit meets the Garlands.
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Episode 4
30 min
Quilp leaves London in pursuit of Nell and her grandfather, having left Swiveller with instructions to report on the movements of the Single Gentleman.
