Fingersmith

Fingersmith

2005

TV Show Information

Overview

A young woman is hired as a maid to an heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a gentleman to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until the women discover some unexpected emotions.

First Air Date

March 27, 2005

Creator

Aisling Walsh

Status

Ended

Episodes

1 Season (3 Episodes)

Cast

Sally HawkinsElaine CassidyRupert EvansCharles DanceImelda StauntonPolly HemingwayDavid TroughtonSarah BadelBronson WebbRichard Durden

Network

BBC One

Production

Sally Head ProductionsBBC

Genres

DramaMysteryCrime

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