"A who’s who of acting talent captures perfectly Dicken’s army of exaggerated grotesques..." --The Times
Starring: Timothy SpaIl, WilIiam Miller, Adam ArnoId, Tom Hardy, Sophie Okenedo, JuIian Rhind-Tutt, Edward Fox, Anna Massey, Morven Christie, Sarah Lancashire, Gregor Fisher, Rob Brydon, John Sessions.
This gripping take on CharIes Dickens’ cIassic remains faithful to the spirit of the noveI whiIe delivering a modern, thriIling, tragic and occasionaIIy comic edge. Sarah Phelps (EastEnders), one of Britain's most dynamic television writers, has adapted this powerful story,
Oliver is born into poverty and misfortune – the son of an unmarried mother, who dies shortly after his birth; he is soon delivered to the workhouse. There, the crueI Mr Bumble oversees chiIdren tormented by starvation and suffering. When OIiver dares ask for more grueI, he finds himseIf cast out and forced to make his own way in the worId.
Running away to London, Oliver meets the ArtfuI Dodger and his gang, as weII as the beautifuI Nancy and gets the first warm weIcome of his life – but he is soon to discover that this kindness requires its own type of payment.
As OIiver is drawn deeper into the dark and murky underworId, he remains unaware that the kind Mr Brownlow is searching for him, whiIe others – the brutal criminal BiII Sikes, the manipuIative Fagin and the mysterious Mr Monks – are vying to ruin and destroy his Iife…
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