If you drain all of the humour and most of the plot from the novel you could end up with something like this, and they did.
A curious version which turns into a hackneyed Saving Mr Jaggers half way through.
However, it had a strange fascination, and I kept on watching until the bizarrely optimistic ending, which was of course against all expectations.
This fell way short of the standard set by the excellent Dickensian, which was more creative, more fun and more engaging.
On the plus side it was better than the woeful version of A Christmas Carol that was served up as a Christmas turkey a few years ago.
A curious version which turns into a hackneyed Saving Mr Jaggers half way through.
However, it had a strange fascination, and I kept on watching until the bizarrely optimistic ending, which was of course against all expectations.
This fell way short of the standard set by the excellent Dickensian, which was more creative, more fun and more engaging.
On the plus side it was better than the woeful version of A Christmas Carol that was served up as a Christmas turkey a few years ago.