Steven Knight to adapt Charles Dickens' 'Great Expectations' as limited series

Loved series ‘Peaky Blinders’? Now the creator of the show Steven Knight is reteaming with his ‘Taboo’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’ collaborators on a new adaptation of Charles Dickens classic ‘Great Expectations’.

Steven Knight will write and executive produce the six-part BBC One/FX limited series.

The show will be exec produced by Ridley Scott, Tom Hardy, Dean Baker, David W Zucker and Kate Crowe.

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‘Great Expectations’ is the coming-of-age story of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It was first released as a series of weekly chapters beginning in December 1860 before it was published as a novel.

On the news, Steven was quoted: “Adapting Dickens’ work is a delight. I chose Great Expectations as the next work to bring to the screen not just because of the timeless characters, but also because of the very timely story. A story of class mobility and class intransigence, told through an intensely emotional and personal first person narrative. As the son of a Blacksmith myself, Pip’s journey from the forge into society is a very special one to me.”

‘Great Expectations’ will mark Knight’s second adaptation of the writer’s works following last year’s ‘A Christmas Carol’.