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Episode 1

Little Women Series 1
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US period drama. The March sisters prepare for Christmas with their father away at war. A chance encounter at a party leads the girls to make friends with new neighbour Laurie.

Christmas, 1861. The March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy - and their mother Marmee prepare for Christmas without presents and without their father, a Union army chaplain away at war. Learning to appreciate the smaller things in life, the sisters strike up a friendship with their charming new neighbour Laurie and his tutor John Brooke.

After the holiday, Meg and Jo return to work in order to provide for the family. In the new year, Amy and Jo clash over an invitation to the theatre and a rash act of revenge, but a life-threatening event encourages them to put their differences aside.

During the summer Beth struggles to overcome social anxiety and Meg grows closer to John. As autumn of 1862 sets in, the family receives the terrible news that Mr March has been taken ill in an army hospital in Washington DC. The girls anxiously await news of their father's fate as Marmee, accompanied by John, rushes to his side.

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Boxing Day 2017 20:00
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:21

    Ultrabeat

    Feelin' Fine

  • 00:25

    Andrew Bird

    Danse Carribe

Credits

Production Company Playground Television UK Ltd
Marmee Emily Watson
Jo March Maya Hawke
Meg March Willa Fitzgerald
Amy March Kathryn Newton
Beth March Annes Elwy
Laurie Laurence Jonah Hauer-King
John Brooke Julian Morris
Mr March Dylan Baker
Mr Laurence Michael Gambon
Aunt March Angela Lansbury
Hannah Eleanor Methven
Frank Vaughan Felix Mackenzie-Barrow
Kate Vaughan Mei Bignall
Estelle Nelly Henrion
Soldier Patrick Flannery
Bandaged Young Man Fode Simbo
Hairdresser Richard Pepple
Producer Susie Liggat
Director Vanessa Caswill
Writer Heidi Thomas
Executive Producer Colin Callender
Executive Producer Sophie Gardiner
Executive Producer Heidi Thomas
Executive Producer Lucy Richer
Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton

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