Front Row | Steven Knight on Great Expectations
Based on Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Writer and director Steven Knight, whose work includes Peaky Blinders and SAS Rogue Heroes, discusses his new BBC adaptation of Great Expectations which stars Olivia Coleman as Miss Havisham.
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- Type: Analysis
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Duration: 11'28''
- Broadcast date: 2023
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