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I’ve sculpted figures from Mary Seacole to George Orwell, but a 9.6m-strong test run of my latest image is art on a whole new scale, says sculptor Martin Jennings

A new BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations by British screenwriter Stephen Knight has hit screens across Britain, to immediate controversy from some viewers who criticised the colour-blind casting that involved non-white actors playing important characters.

Fans took to social media to question how the duo didn't know who Charles Dickens was

Gogglebox stars watched the new adaptation of Great Expectations on Friday's episode of the Channel 4 show, with two stars struggling with the knowledge on famous author Charles Dickens

Salon talks to the Oscar winner and screenwriter Steven Knight about their darker version of Charles Dickens' novel

FX, in partnership with the BBC, has made a dreary, dismal and not very Dickensian miniseries out of Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations." And while that seems to be in some measure the point, it is, all the same, dreary and dismal and does not count so much as an adaptation…

Some viewers are not impressed with the new version of Great Expectations on BBC One

The desire to sex up Victoriana is predictable and lazy, and demonstrates an odd lack of imagination

The Oscar winner is so good that the rest of this adaptation from the Peaky Blinders creator feels like filler. But do we really need yet another take on Dickens’ novel?