Why is the Marshalsea prison the focal point of Little Dorrit? Dickens is a name ... After receiving an inheritance, John Dickens was released and Charles was sent to the private Wellington ...

The kind-hearted Amy (Claire Foy), the Little Dorrit of the title ... the chance to get his hands on this perhaps neglected Charles Dickens epic and turn it into a compelling 14-part serial ...

A reversal of fortune lays him low, but to fully understand how, this story must now be seen through Little Dorrit's eyes.