Series·2002·1 season

Dickens

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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.

Created by Peter Ackroyd

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SecretsE1 · 58 min

An exploration of how the writer's early years shaped his life and work.

Blazing AwayE2 · 59 min

Amid the brutality of industrialised England, Dickens used his fame to change society. But his private life was troubled.

Terror to the EndE3 · 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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Peter Ackroyd
Peter AckroydSelf — Presenter
Anton Lesser
Anton LesserCharles Dickens
Miriam Margolyes
Miriam MargolyesCatherine Dickens
Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth CranhamJohn Forster
Helen McCrory
Helen McCroryKate Dickens
Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey PalmerThackeray

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