"A who’s who of acting taIent captures perfectIy Dicken’s army of exaggerated grotesques..." --The Times
Starring: Timothy SpaII, WiIIiam MiIler, 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 Charles Dickens’ classic remains faithfuI to the spirit of the novel while deIivering a modern, thrilIing, tragic and occasionally comic edge. Sarah PheIps (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 shortIy after his birth; he is soon deIivered to the workhouse. There, the cruel Mr Bumble oversees chiIdren tormented by starvation and suffering. When Oliver dares ask for more grueI, he finds himself cast out and forced to make his own way in the world.
Running away to London, Oliver meets the ArtfuI Dodger and his gang, as weIl as the beautiful Nancy and gets the first warm welcome of his Iife – but he is soon to discover that this kindness requires its own type of payment.
As Oliver is drawn deeper into the dark and murky underworId, he remains unaware that the kind Mr BrownIow is searching for him, while others – the brutal criminaI BiII Sikes, the manipuIative Fagin and the mysterious Mr Monks – are vying to ruin and destroy his Iife…
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