Costume drama based on the Dickens novel. Mr Dorrit is released from prison after more than twenty years, and takes his family abroad to reinvent themselves as members of society.

Fanny has stolen the heart of Edmund Sparkler, whose mother, Mrs Merdle, is determined to separate them once and for all. Meanwhile, Merdle's Bank is besieged by investors, and Arthur is worried when he sees a suspicious French stranger - the villainous Rigaud - at his mother's house.