


Moreover, while Miss Havisham sets her dress alight, when Compeyson comes to her, she tries to shoot him before setting Satis House on fire.Ĭompeyson and Magwitch fight in the burning building and die in the inferno, while Miss Havisham watches Satis House burn, surviving her ordeal.Ĭoronation Street's Rebecca Ryan gives birth! Actress welcomes her first child and reveals her daughter's adorable name The series also made a stark change to the conclusion of Pip' story, with his character in the novel reuniting with Estella, who reveals she has finally opened her heart to him.īut in the final episode of the BBC show, Pip declines Estella's proposal, and instead opts to marry his childhood friend and Chartist Biddy. In the Dickens classic, Miss Havisham's wedding dress is burned in a tragic accident which leads to her death - however, in the BBC's reimagining Miss Havisham sets the dress alight on purpose as part of a revenge twist and emerges unscathed. Steven Knight’s adaptation, which stars Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham and Fionn Whitehead as Pip, has been mired in controversy over changes made to the story, including the depiction of opium addiction and sadomasochism. Brune-Franklin plays Estella in the BBC’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s novel
