Name: Oliver Twist
Rating: 6.5

Synopsis

An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.

First Air Date: 2007-12-18

Last Air Date: 2007-12-22

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 5

Created By: Sarah Phelps

Networks: BBC One

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Top Cast

William Miller as Oliver Twist
Adam Arnold as The Artful Dodger
Timothy Spall as Fagin
Tom Hardy as Bill Sikes
Sophie Okonedo as Nancy
Edward Fox as Mr Brownlow
Sarah Lancashire as Mrs Corney
Julian Rhind-Tutt as Edward 'Monks' Leeford
Morven Christie as Rose Maylie
Anna Massey as Mrs Bedwin

Seasons

Season 1 (2007)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Part 1 (2007-12-18)

Having endured a miserable and brutal childhood, young Oliver is sold to an undertaker, where his mistreatment forces him to escape to London. Once in the capital, he is welcomed into the seductive world of pick-pocketing by the criminal underworld and, before long, is in deep trouble with the law.
Ep. 2: Part 2 (2007-12-19)

Fagin meets Monks and is promised handsome payment if he brings about Oliver's death. Fagin reasons, however, that someone may pay to have him returned safely.
Ep. 3: Part 3 (2007-12-20)

Sikes escapes back to London with a badly wounded Oliver, and Nancy nurses him, determined to save his life.
Ep. 4: Part 4 (2007-12-21)

Dodger discovers he is betrayed by Nancy, putting her in grave danger.
Ep. 5: Part 5 (2007-12-22)

Sikes goes on the run with Oliver, but his journey is interrupted. Brownlow and the police search Fagin's den. Monks returns to London, but upon his arrival home, he finds Brownlow, Rose, and the police waiting for him.