Armando's Tale of Charles Dickens (2012)
Synopsis
Armando Iannucci presents a personal argument in praise of the genius of Charles Dickens. Through the prism of the author's most autobiographical novel, David Copperfield, Armando looks beyond Dickens - the national institution - and instead explores the qualities of Dickens's work that still make him one of the best British writers. While Dickens is often celebrated for his powerful depictions of Victorian England and his role as a social reformer, this programme foregrounds the elements of his writing which make him worth reading, as much for what he tells us about ourselves in the twenty-first century as our ancestors in the nineteenth. Armando argues that Dickens's remarkable use of language and his extraordinary gift for creating characters make him a startlingly experimental and psychologically penetrating writer who demands not just to be adapted for television but to be read and read again.
Release Date: 2012-01-02
Runtime: 60 minutes
Director: Deborah Lee
Top Cast
- Armando Iannucci as Self
- Phill Jupitus as Self
- Kevin Eldon as Self
- John Meriton as Self
- Barry Cryer as Self
- Josie Long as Self
- Ian Hurley as Self
- Anthony Arlidge as Self
- Judge John Lafferty as Self
- Ellis Sareen as Self
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