By Tim Dams “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight is to pen a six-part adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel “Great Expectations” for the BBC and FX, with Ridley Scott and Tom Hardy on board as executive producers. “Great Expectations” is the second Dickens adaptation penned by Knight, following BBC and FX’s three-part series “A Christmas Carol.” Knight will write and executive produce “Great Expectations” (6 x 60′), which will also be executive produced by Scott, Hardy, Dean Baker, David W.
Zucker, Kate Crowe and Mona Qureshi for the BBC — the same team behind “A Christmas Carol.” “Great Expectations” will be produced by FX Productions in association with the BBC, Scott’s production banner Scott Free and Hardy’s production
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