Dickens

2002 · Ended · 1 season · 3 episodes · Documentary, Drama · United Kingdom

Creator Peter Ackroyd · Channel BBC One · Starring Peter Ackroyd, Anton Lesser, Miriam Margolyes

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.
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Episodes

3 episodes · May 2002
  1. Episode 1: 1. SecretsMay 11, 2002 · 58 min
    An exploration of how the writer's early years shaped his life and work.
  2. Episode 2: 2. Blazing AwayMay 18, 2002 · 59 min
    Amid the brutality of industrialised England, Dickens used his fame to change society. But his private life was troubled.
  3. Episode 3: 3. Terror to the EndMay 25, 2002 · 59 min
    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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Film and series details

EPISODE LENGTH
60 minutes
FIRST AIRED
May 11, 2002
LAST AIRED
May 25, 2002
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Opus Arte, BBC

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