Matthew Macfadyen

I have neglected my other favorite British actor, the beautiful Matthew Macfadyen. (sorry Rob)

He has been starring in Little Dorrit on PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece

Little Dorrit tells the story of the Dorrit family and the rich array of characters they encounter on their way from rags to riches and back again.

The story starts with the birth of a baby in the Marshalsea debtor's prison. This is Amy Dorrit, child of the Marshalsea, daughter of William Dorrit, who is still in prison when we rejoin the story 20 years on.

Into their lives comes the dashing and adventurous Arthur Clennam (Matthew), returning to London after many long years in China and desperate to carry out the task set by his father on his death bed: "Put it right Arthur. Your mother. Put it right."
When he sees 20-year-old Amy working for his formidable mother Mrs Clennam, a woman not ordinarily given to charity, he begins to scent a connection.

Thus begins a journey from powerless to powerful, as the Dorrits' fortunes rise and fall along with those of a cross-section of London society.
Landlords and rent collectors, plasterers, bankers, turnkeys, prisoners, gentlemen and paupers, wastrels and dancing girls, engineers, artists, dowagers and butlers, and a charismatic French villain – all trip in and out of the story as Arthur and Amy walk the rocky road to love.

Check out Matthew as he helps bring the Charles Dickens story to life!! You can watch all the episodes online at PBS.

Holly