Drama adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens. Little Nell and her grandfather are harried by the odious, misshapen Quilp who plans to marry Little Nell when she is older.

The Old Curiosity Shop is a 1979 BBC miniseries based on the novel by Charles Dickens. It was directed by Julian Amyes, and adapted by William Trevor.

Nell Trent lives with her grandfather, the proprietor of the Old Curiosity Shop. Grandfather has a disquieting secret, a gambling addiction fed by high-interest loans from the bully Daniel Quilp.

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