Little Dorrit

Mr Merdle's death sends shockwaves through London, as it transpires he had been fiddling his books. The thousands of people who invested in him now face financial ruin. One of those unfortunate people is Arthur who finds himself in the Marshalsea Prison for Debt. Rigaud re-emerges and reveals his full set of cards to Mrs Clennam.

Mr Dorrit returns to England with the newlyweds, Fanny and Sparkler. Arthur decides to invest the capital of Doyce and Clennam in Merdle's bank and commissions Pancks to find Miss Wade in the hope that she can lead him to Rigaud. Mr Dorrit meanwhile quickly settles into the London highlife, but faces constant reminders of his shameful past.

Fanny worries about the burgeoning affection between Mr Dorrit and Mrs General. Mr and Mrs Meagles receive a visit from Henry Gowan's mother. Arthur visits his mother only to find Rigaud standing on her doorstep. Arthur receives a shock when Pancks shows him an official handbill detailing the disappearance of Rigaud, last seen at the House of Clennam.

Mr Dorrit employs Mrs General, to offer instruction in etiquette to his daughters, who suggests that the family go on a Grand Tour. The first person that the Dorrits encounter abroad is Rigaud. He is travelling with the newly-wed Gowans and much to Amy's discomfort, he seems to take a special interest in her. Amy and Arthur strike up a correspondence.

Pancks busies himself with more investigating, proceeding to recruit John Chivery to help him with his enquiries. Arthur returns to Twickenham to propose to Pet. Tattycoram decides that she has had enough of being ordered about, and she storms out. Meagles, deeply concerned for her welfare, enlists Arthur to help find her. Rigaud visits Mrs Clennam's house, pretending that he's come on business.

John Chivery, sensing a rival in Arthur, decides to make his move and propose to Amy. But Amy already fallen for Arthur, turns John down. Arthur meanwhile, entirely ignorant of Amy's feelings for him, is also disappointed in love when he meets Pet's rival suitor, Henry Gowan. Cavalletto arrives in London, only to discover that he's been followed by the very man he came to get away from.

Arthur strikes up a tentative friendship with Amy Dorrit and becomes reacquainted with his childhood sweetheart, Flora Casby, who is not quite as he remembered. . Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away in France, the sinister and coldblooded murderer Rigaud, who is seemingly unconnected with the story so far, becomes reacquainted with his old cellmate, Cavalletto.

Amy Dorrit lives in the Marshalsea Prison for Debt with her father, William Dorrit, who has been an inmate there for countless years. Amy is employed as a seamstress by the stern Mrs Clennam. Events are set in motion in the Clennam household when Mrs Clennam's son, Arthur, returns unexpectedly from China after an absence of fifteen years, bringing the news that his father, has died.