Little Dorrit Part Two: Little Dorrit's Story

Part two of a six-hour adaptation of Dickens' novel tells the Dorrit family saga from the viewpoint of youngest daughter Amy (Sarah Pickering), born and raised in Marshalsea prison. Amy becomes the family's mainstay until, through the intervention of kindly Arthur Clennam (Derek Jacobi), the Dorrits learn that William (Alec Guinness) is heir to a great fortune. After William's death Amy learns the truth about her past from Mrs. Clennam, and finds Arthur alone and dangerously ill in Marshalsea.