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Izzard uses humour instinctively, helped by Dickens’s love of the exaggerated or comic grotesque

Come on, Scottie.

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

There’s apathy over the king, frustration in the football, and Great Expectations disappoints

The BBC's adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic Great Expectations came to an end on Sunday and viewers were not entirely impressed

After 30 years, the standup star is now finally winning acting plaudits, for a ‘tour de force’ take on Dickens with sharper punchlines – and Hamlet is next

Great Expectations has divided viewers but they all agree about this character!

A new BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations by British screenwriter Stephen Knight has hit screens across Britain, to immediate controversy from some viewers who criticised the colour-blind casting that involved non-white actors playing important characters.

All across the world right now, dog owners are currently playing a game of fetch with their four-legged friends. Many are using a stick, but that's something vets say is placing dogs' lives at risk.

Don’t be fooled by the subdued return of the raging Roys; Olivia Colman gives Miss Havisham her mojo back; and Toni Collette heads a gripping adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s sci-fi bestseller

Great Expectations is just one of the gems on TV tonight.