This gripping BBC series by Andrew Davies (Sense and Sensibility, Bleak House, Pride and Prejudice) brings to life Dickens's powerful story of love, honour, debt and hope in 1820s London.When Arthur Clennam returns to England after years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by his mother's seamstress, Amy Dorrit. Mrs Clennam isn't usually given to charity, so why has she taken on Amy? Arthur's quest for the truth takes him to the Marshalsea Prison for Debt to meet Amy's father the prison's longest serving inmate, William Dorrit. Arthur soon discovers that the dark shadow of debt stretches far beyond the walls of the Prison, to affect the lives of many. Just as it is possible to climb to the very top in London Society's intricate game of snakes and ladders, so it is possible to slip right down. But if Arthur succeeds in unraveling the mystery of his family's past, where will it leave him? And where will it leave the Dorrits?