Great Expectations: Episode 5 (BBC One Sunday 23 April 2023)

Great Expectations: Episode 5 airs Tonight on BBC One.

As part of their scheme to bring down Drummle, Jaggers and Pip visit a pleasure garden in search of distractions. Drummle is eager to find women, but Pip has to overcome his opiate addiction. Pip, who has trouble believing what he sees due to the haze, is suddenly confronted by Compeyson. Pip has no idea why Compeyson is after him, but he is able to get away, at least for the time being.

Once everyone has imbibed sufficiently and returned to Jaggers’ flat, he makes the evening’s point. For Monsieur Dorget’s ship to be insured, he requires Drummle’s signature on an official paper. To add to Jaggers’ already opulent lifestyle and to ultimately establish Pip as a true gentleman of London, Jaggers and Pip plan to use Drummle’s signature to condemn both men for running slaves and to seize the profits for themselves.

In the meantime, Estella faces competition from a new admirer. Miss Havisham plans a supper to bring her wayward daughter back to reality and introduce her to her second choice for a husband, Mr Herbert Pocket, after she repeatedly rejects Mr Drummle.

With Olivia Colman (Miss Havisham), Fionn Whitehead (Pip), Ashley Thomas (Jaggers), Johnny Harris (Magwitch), Shalom Brune-Franklin (Estella), Hayley Squires (Sara), Owen McDonnell (Joe), Trystan Gravelle (Compeyson), Matt Berry (Mr. Pumblechuck),

Great Expectations: Episode 5 airs Sunday 23 April 2023 at 9.00pm on BBC One

Season 1 Episode 5

An unexpected turn of events opens a shadowy world of options for Pip, but is he prepared to pay the price? Steven Knight’s haunting retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic,