BBC One’s latest period drama starts this week and, while Great Expectations has been adapted many times before, this cast is arguably one of the best yet.
Olivia Colman’s casting as infamous literary villain Miss Havisham is worth tuning in for alone.
Helena Bonham-Carter, Gillian Anderson, Anne Bancroft and Charlotte Rampling have all portrayed the baddest bitch in books.
But Olivia Colman brings her own hint of menace to the character, who she describes as being “rotten on the inside”.
So who else is in the cast of Great Expectations on BBC One?
Here’s everything you need to know!
Great Expectations cast on BBC One: Olivia Colman plays Miss Havisham
Beloved actress Olivia Colman plays Miss Havisham in the cast of Great Expectations on BBC One.
And if you think you’ve seen her play the worst of the worst – Queen Anne in The Favourite, Susan Edwards in Landscapers, Godmother in Fleabag – you haven’t seen anything yet!
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