James Walton

Felt like the product of a night in the pub: BBC1’s Great Expectations reviewed

The creators are entitled to make an irony-free Victorian political melodrama if they want – but don't claim it's Dickens

Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham. Credit: BBC One/FX NETWORKS

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