Dickens
Creator
Peter Ackroyd
Screenplay
Peter Ackroyd
Dickens is a 2002 three-part docudrama presented by Peter Ackroyd, on whose biography of Dickens it was based. An unorthodox style is taken: actors play various individuals in Dickens' life (as well as Dickens himself), interviewed as if appearing in a contemporary documentary. Their words are from actual letters and journals of the individuals involved, and serve to illuminate the hardships and successes in Dickens' life, and the way his experiences found their way into his works.
Seasons
1
Episodes
3
Country
United Kingdom
Status
Ended
Cast
👤
Peter Ackroyd
Self — Presenter · 3 eps
Anton Lesser
Charles Dickens · 3 eps
Helen McCrory
Kate Dickens · 3 eps
Miriam Margolyes
Catherine Dickens · 3 eps
Kenneth Cranham
John Forster · 3 eps
Geoffrey Palmer
Thackeray · 3 eps
Jack Davenport
Charley Dickens · 2 eps
Natasha Little
Ellen Ternan · 2 eps
Christopher Ettridge
John Byrne · 2 eps
Phyllis Logan
Georgina Hogarth · 1 eps
Prunella Scales
Elizabeth Dickens · 1 eps
Trevor Peacock
William Barker · 1 eps
Robin Soans
George Reynolds · 1 eps
Lucy Davenport
Mary Hogarth · 1 eps
Timothy West
John Dickens · 1 eps
Harry Ditson
American Journalist · 1 eps
Sonia Ritter
Former Prostitute · 1 eps
Jack Chissick
Bob Fagin · 1 eps
Sophie Duval
Actress · 1 eps
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Episode Guide
1
Secrets
An exploration of how the writer's early years shaped his life and work.
2
Blazing Away
Amid the brutality of industrialised England, Dickens used his fame to change society. But his private life was troubled.
3
Terror to the End
Dickens creates his greatest works in the last decade of his life. But success comes at a price as he embarks on a complex double life.
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