In the opening moments of the first full-length trailer, we hear Miss Havisham, still wearing her wedding dress decades after being left at the altar, look back on how her experience of romantic rejection shaped her twisted worldview.

“When I was young, I was blinded by love,” she says. “Now look on what remains of me.”

Later in the clip, we are introduced to our young hero Pip, who first visits Miss Havisham at her home in Satis House as a young boy, where he meets (and becomes enchanted by) the beautiful Estella, who has been trained by her adopted mother to shun affection.

“All she taught me was how to be her weapon of revenge, to be used against all men,” she explains when she is older.

Coming from humble beginnings as a blacksmith, Pip’s fortunes turn around when he learns that he has a wealthy, mysterious benefactor, and his newfound wealth allows him to enter high society, where he will continue to cross paths with Estella.

We are 100% sold.

Who stars in Great Expectations?

This much-anticipated BBC adaptation stars Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham, Fionn Whitehead as Pip and Line Of Duty’s Shalom Brune Franklin as Estella.

Ashley Thomas (Top Boy), Johnny Harris (The Salisbury Poisonings), Hayley Squires (The Essex Serpent), Owen McDonnell (Death In Paradise), Laurie Ogden (The Colour Room), Matt Berry (The IT Crowd), Trystan Gravelle (The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power) and Rudi Dharmalingam (The Split) round off the cast perfectly.

Who is producing Great Expectations?

Alongside Knight, the series has been executive produced by the likes of Tom Hardy and Sir Ridley Scott.

When can we watch Great Expectations?

Great Expectations will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer this spring, with an exact date yet to be announced. Over in the US, it is set to air on FX from 26 March, so there’s a high chance we can expect it to land on British screens around the same time.

Great Expectations: Olivia Colman makes a chilling Miss Havisham in the first trailer for the BBC’s Dickens adaptation