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Martin Amis, pre-eminent novelist-critic of his generation, has died at the age of 73. His dazzling, pyrotechnic prose dominated the world of English writing from the mid-1970s through the fin de siècle.

Caroline Leslie’s production sends up the less problematic Victorian foibles with a terrifically spirited barrage of juicy one-liners, blunt anachronisms and pleasing melodrama

Great Expectations has divided fans but they agree on this!

There have been at least 18 prominent adaptations of Great Expectations since the invention of the moving image, said Nick Hilton in The Independent. “That’s Pip upon Pip, Magwitch upon Magwitch, Miss Havisham upon Miss Havisham.” Now, “for no discernible reason”, the BBC is treating its viewers to a new…

Where was Great Expectations filmed? As Steven Knight brings the latest adaptation of the Dickens novel to life, we look at where filming took place.

Charles Dickens’ timeless 1861 novel has been adapted for TV and film numerous times – with the BBC’s new miniseries coming just 12 years after it last tackled the story. Commissioners should start showing a little more imagination, argues Louis Chilton

Editorial: Eyes might roll at yet another Dickens miniseries, but plays based on two more recent novels, Hamnet and A Little Life, have hit the jackpot

The new version of Great Expectations is the BBC’s seventh, while A Christmas Carol is the most adapted English classic ever. What is it about these stories that keeps us wanting more?

‘I can’t think of an adaptation I’ve hated more’