An orphan named Oliver Twist (Sam Smith) meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
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Title: Oliver Twist (1999– )
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Based on Charles Dickens' novel, this adaptation traces the childhood of an orphan whose mother dies giving birth to him in an English work-house in the 1820s. Little Oliver Twist (Sam Smith), already abused, starved, and overworked, is apprenticed to an undertaker and runs away to London after being bullied by an older apprentice. There, he is taken in by Fagin (Robert Lindsay), a fence and thief-trainer, and his gang of pickpockets. He is befriended by Nancy (Emily Woof), a good-hearted prostitute, and meets her lover, the brutal housebreaker Bill Sikes (Andy Serkis). But attempts by the gang to discredit him result in his being taken in by Mr. Brownlow (Michael Kitchen), a wealthy and charitable man, who proves to be the catalyst for Oliver's discovery of his background and identity. Here Alan Bleasdale's dramatization differs from Dickens' novel, in that Oliver does not fall into Brownlow's hands by coincidence, and we already know his backstory: he's the child of a young woman ... Written by G.M. Baxter
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Nancy: No, she won't, Fagin.
Fagin: She should, Nancy.
Nancy: [standing to face him] There's only one way to make me do this, Bill.
Bill Sikes: Yeah, I know.
[he punches her to the floor]
Bill Sikes: As I was saying
[he kicks her]
Bill Sikes: She'll do it for you, Fagin.
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Music by Franz Schubert
Played onscreen by Michael Kitchen
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The flowery wording in the episode titles was based on the language which Charles Dickens used for the chapter titles in his original novel "Oliver Twist". See more »Quotes
Bill Sikes: She'll do it for you, Fagin.Nancy: No, she won't, Fagin.
Fagin: She should, Nancy.
Nancy: [standing to face him] There's only one way to make me do this, Bill.
Bill Sikes: Yeah, I know.
[he punches her to the floor]
Bill Sikes: As I was saying
[he kicks her]
Bill Sikes: She'll do it for you, Fagin.
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Alternate Versions
The version which ran on ITV in England and CBC in Canada in late 1999 consisted of four two-hour episodes with commercials; the video for sale in the UK runs 386 minutes. When PBS ran the series on Masterpiece Theater in October 2000, it consisted of three two-hour episodes without commercials; the video available in North America runs 360 minutes. See more »Soundtracks
Fantasia for Piano 4 Hands in F MinorMusic by Franz Schubert
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28 November 1999 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Оливър Туист See more »Filming Locations:
The Bernard Hall, Upper Church St, Cuddington, Buckinghamshire, England, UK See more »Company Credits
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Surely Oliver Twist has been 'done to death' by now. It must be one of the popular standard novels for dramatisation; and nearly every fan of historical dramas must have seen several versions of it.
And now for something completely different. This version is a modern re-writing of the story and does not follow the novel closely. Or at least, it follows it very loosely. At the end of episode one Oliver has only just been born. And born in graphic detail -- rather more realistic than a midwifery video. Half the first episode is spent in Rome.
In this modern re-telling Oliver's antecedents are explained in detail: his parentage, his weak-willed father, his exploited mother, his evil, murderous mother and insane half-brother. How Agnes Fleming's portrait is found in Mr Brownlow's house is explained; the story of the locket is told in loving detail. And all this with the excellence in recreating the 19th century that only the British can muster.
If you are a purist who likes your Dickens to follow the book as closely as possible then this recreation may not be for you. I love Dickens but nevertheless found this version -- the story behind the story -- to be a marvellous, entertaining dramatisation.