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13 October 1985 (UK) morePlot:
In a storm, in a workhouse, to a nameless woman, young Oliver Twist is born into parish care where he's overworked and underfed... moreUser Comments:
The nearest to the book that we'll ever get moreCast
(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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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.