Steven Knight has developed this upcoming period drama ‘Great Expectations’ based on Charles Dickens’ same-named novel which will star Fionn Whitehead as Pip, Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham, and Shalom Brune-Franklin as Estella. The series is scheduled to be released on March 26, 2023.
Following is the list of other television series that you must watch while waiting for ‘Great Expectations’ Season 1.
Top 10 Television Series Like Great Expectations.
Beecham House – Number of Seasons: 1
Gurinder Chadha created this short-lived British historical drama series. The plot is set in the year 1795 in Delhi during the Mughal Period and revolves around East India Company’s former soldier John Beecham who moves to a bungalow in Delhi with a baby of mixed race.
But despite his mother’s wish to marry him to a woman named Violet, he finds something else stored for his future. British actor Tom Bateman portrayed John Beecham in the series. It ran from 23rd June to 21st July 2019.
Bridgerton – Number of Seasons: 2
This historical fiction-romance series is based on Julia Quinn’s book series. The plot is set in England’s Regency era and surrounds youthful nobility and gentry as they find themselves navigating through life, love, and rivalry.
The first season revolved around the chemistry between the eldest daughter and fourth Bridgerton child Daphne Basset and the Duke of Hastings Simon Basset.
The second season took as its primary protagonists the eldest Bridgerton son and child Anthony and an Indian spinster Kate Sharma. The series premiered on December 25, 2020, on Netflix.
The Cook of Castamar – Number of Seasons: 1
The plot of this Spanish period drama series is set in Madrid in the eighteenth century and follows a talented and agoraphobic cook as she falls in love with a widowed nobleman.
Spanish actress Michelle Jenner portrayed the cook Clara Belmonte in the series with Spanish actor Roberto Enríquez as Duke of Castamar, the nobleman. It ran from 21st February to 9th May 2021.
The Vineyard – Number of Seasons: 1
This Spanish romantic drama series is adapted from María Dueñas’ same-named novel. The plot centers upon a man named Mauro Larrea and a combative widow Soledad Montalvo as the former begins working to restore a vineyard that once upon a time was owned by the latter.
Leonor Watling and Rafael Novoa portrayed Soledad Montalvo and Mauro Larrea respectively in the series. It premiered on 26th March 2021 on Amazon Prime Video.
La catedral del mar – Number of Seasons: 1
This Spanish historical drama series is adapted from the novel ‘La catedral del mar‘ written by Ildefonso Falcones.
The plot finds a serf who begins to climb the ladder of wealth and as a consequence that of freedom which leads to the disdain of people of the noble class as well as the Inquisition’s suspicion.
Spanish actor Daniel Grao portrayed the humble farmer Bernat Estanyol in the series. It ran from 23rd May to 18th July 2018.
Vanity Fair – Number of Seasons: 1
This historical drama miniseries is adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray’s renowned same-named novel of 1848. The story is set against the Napoleonic Wars and the years following Napoleon’s defeat.
The plot revolves around a poverty-stricken woman named Becky Sharp who wants to get out of her disadvantageous position by any means be it manipulation or forbidden romances.
As she paves her way through these with little regard for their consequences, she finds herself in the court of King George IV with a broken heart and lost fortune.
Olivia Cooke who is recently in the limelight for portraying Queen Alicent Hightower in HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’, played the protagonist Becky Sharp in the series. It ran from 2nd September to 7th October 2018.
David Copperfield – Number of Seasons: 1
This is a BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ celebrated semi-autobiographical novel that tells the story of a boy’s journey through the hard mores of life to make his situation better.
Adrian Hodges adapted this two-part series in which the protagonist and titular character David were portrayed by Northern Irish actor Ciarán McMenamin and a young David, as his acting debut, was played by Daniel Radcliffe who was later to be famed as the actor of Harry Potter. The series arrived in two parts on the 25th and 26th of December 1999.
Pride and Prejudice – Number of Seasons: 1
Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth portrayed Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy in the BAFTA-nominated 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s timeless same-named novel.
Daniel Deronda – Number of Seasons: 1
This is a 2002 BBC One adaptation of George Eliot’s same-named novel in which English actor Hugh Dancy portrayed the titular character.
Z: The Beginning of Everything – Number of Seasons: 1
This period drama is based on Therese Anne Fowler’s ‘Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald’. The plot follows a fictionalized version of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, an American socialite, and writer.
Christina Ricci portrayed Zelda Fitzgerald in the series. It ran from November 5, 2015, to January 27, 2017, on Amazon Prime Video.
