In February 2022, the cast for the series was announced, with Olivia Colman cast as Miss Havisham, and Fionn Whitehead cast as Pip. Knight announced in May 2020 that he would develop a television series adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel in collaboration between the BBC and FX, his second after 2019's A Christmas Carol. A damning critique of the class system, Dickens' novel was published in 1861 after first release in weekly chapters in December 1860. Under the great expectations placed upon him, Pip will have to work out the true cost of this new world and whether it will truly make him the man he wishes to be. Is the coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan who yearns for a greater lot in life, until a twist of fate and the evil machinations of the mysterious and eccentric "Miss Havisham" shows him a dark world of possibilities. It premiered on BBC One on 26 March 2023, followed by its USA premiere on FX on Hulu later the same day. Great Expectations is a historical fiction series developed by Steven Knight, based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
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