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'Great Expectations' teaser: Olivia Colman stars in Steven Knight adaptation

By Annie Martin   |   Feb. 6, 2023 at 12:41 PM
Olivia Colman stars in "Great Expectations," a new series based on the Charles Dickens novel. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Fionn Whitehead attends the New York premiere of "The Children Act" in 2018. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Olivia Colman attends the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of "Empire of Light" in September. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI Hayley Squires (R) and Dave Johns attend the Cannes Film Festival premiere of "I, Daniel Blake" in 2016. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI Olivia Colman attends the Academy Awards in March 2022. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The BBC is giving a glimpse of the new series Great Expectations.

The network shared a teaser trailer for the limited series Sunday featuring Olivia Colman.

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Great Expectations is based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. The series tells the coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan living in 19th century London.

The preview introduces Colman as Miss Havisham and shows her meeting the young Pip (Tom Sweet).

"What a prized creature we have fished from the river," she says.

Fionn Whitehead will play an older version of Pip. Ashley Thomas, Johnny Harris, Hayley Squires, Owen McDonnell, Laurie Ogden, Matt Berry, Trystan Gravelle and Rudi Dharmalingam also star.

Great Expectations hails from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, who previously adapted Dickens' book A Christmas Carol.

The new series will air on BBC One in the spring and stream on Hulu in the United States.