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7.6/10   83 votes
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Director:
Gareth Davies
Writers:
Alexander Baron (writer)
Charles Dickens (novel)
Contact:
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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Release Date:
13 October 1985 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
In a storm, in a workhouse, to a nameless woman, young Oliver Twist is born into parish care where he's overworked and underfed... more
User Comments:
The nearest to the book that we'll ever get more

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 17 of 47)

Lysette Anthony ... Rose Maylie / ... (12 episodes, 1985)
Ben Rodska ... Oliver Twist (10 episodes, 1985)
Eric Porter ... Fagin (9 episodes, 1985)
Michael Attwell ... Bill Sikes (7 episodes, 1985)
Nicholas Bond-Owen ... Charley Bates (7 episodes, 1985)
David King ... Giles (7 episodes, 1985)
Frank Middlemass ... Mr. Brownlow (6 episodes, 1985)
Amanda Harris ... Nancy (6 episodes, 1985)
Pip Donaghy ... Monks (6 episodes, 1985)
David Garlick ... The Artful Dodger (6 episodes, 1985)
Gillian Martell ... Mrs. Maylie (6 episodes, 1985)
Edward Burnham ... Mr. Grimwig (5 episodes, 1985)
Julian Firth ... Noah Claypole (5 episodes, 1985)
Godfrey James ... Mr. Bumble (5 episodes, 1985)

Miriam Margolyes ... Mrs. Corney / ... (5 episodes, 1985)
Terry Molloy ... Brittles (5 episodes, 1985)
Christian Rodska ... Barney (5 episodes, 1985)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:360 min | UK:30 min (12 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color

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Movie Connections:
Version of Oliver & Company (1988) more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
The nearest to the book that we'll ever get, 17 July 2006
10/10
Author: awitham68 from United Kingdom

The BBC really know how to 'do' Dickens.

From Dudley Simpson's haunting title music to Eric Porter's sinister Fagin, this is truest adaptation of the book that I know.

The production values are spot-on, capturing the filth and seediness of Dickens' London. Michael Attwell is the most menacing of Bill Sykes and Ben Rodska makes Oliver innocent without being too goody-goody.

If that were not enough, the length of the production (6 hours) means that, for once, the sub-plots are included and the main plots are laid out as Dickens wrote them.

If 6 hours is too long then David Lean still represents the safest bet but, for the purist, this will probably never be improved upon.

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