This gripping new 14 part series by Andrew Davies brings to life Dickens's powerful story of struggle and hardship in 1820s London. When Arthur Clennam returns to England, his curiosity is piqued by the presence in his mother's house of a young seamstress, Amy Dorrit. He is also intrigued with the affairs of her father, William Dorrit a man long imprisoned for debt. Just as Arthur discovers that it is possible to climb to the very top in London society, so he comes to realise it is equally possible to slip down again. Could the only chance of escape lie in unravelling the mystery of Arthurs own familys murky past?