OLIVER TWIST (BBC)

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• Release Year: 1985
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Legendary characters come to vivid life in this magnificent BBC production of Dickens's most beloved tale, the story of the poor boy who asked for more.; ; Born into a misreable workhouse orphanage, Oliver eventually flees to London, ehre the cheerful Artful Dodger immediately befriends him and introduces him to the villanious Fagin (Eric Porter) and his gang of theives. Temporarily rescued from the prospect of a life of crime by the kindly Mr. Brownlow (Frank Middlemass), Oliver finds himself pursued by savage theif Bill Sikes and the enigmatic Monks. Though he is best by the evils of the dark criminal underworld surrounding him, Dickens once wrote, 'I wished to show, in little Oliver, the principle of good surviving through every adverse circumstances, and triumphing at last.'
• Cast: Lysette Anthony, Ben Rodska, Eric Porter, Michael Attwell, Pip Donaghy, Amanda Harris, Nicholas Bond-Owen, David Garlick, Godfrey James, David King, Frank Middlemass, Julian Firth, Gillian Martell, Christian Rodska, Edward Burnham, Carys Llewelyn, Miriam Margolyes, Terry Molloy, Matthew Duke, Dominic Jephcott, Margaret Ainley, Hilda Braid, Beryl Cooke, Christopher Driscoll, Janet Henfrey, Betty Turner, Scott Funnell, Mark Bassenger, Keith Campbell, Walter Hall, David McKail, Elizabeth Proud, Colin Rix, Jeffrey Segal, Raymond Witch, Gareth Davies, Alexander Baron
• Director: Gareth Davies
• Runtime: 6:00
• Company: BBC, Warner Bros
• Media Format: Series