Steven Knight's telling of Great Expectations is set to explore 'darker' themes, with the series set to depict Mrs Havisham's opium addiction and references to the slave trade.
’ creator Knight, who has previously adapted Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, said: ‘What I didn’t want to do – and I think Dickens never tried to do – was make something specifically political.
Speaking about one scene, which sees Matt Berry spanked as he plays Mr Pumblechook, Colman said: ‘The first time I read Steven Knight’s script, I thought it was much darker than what I had remembered from school. Quite a few bottom-slapping moments, which I did not recall from the original Dickens! There were quite a few changes and I found it quite gripping.
Knight elsewhere includes references to the British Empire’s connections to the slave trade, while the first episode begins with Pip contemplating suicide, rather than being approached by Magwitch.
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