Dickens

Series·2002·1 Season

Dickens

Created By

Peter Ackroyd

Country

GB

Language

English

Episodes

3

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The Story

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.

Written By

Peter Ackroyd

Producer

Chris Granlund, Mary Downes

Cinematography

Fred Fabre

Music

Andrew Blaney

Themes

miniseriesdocudrama19th centurydramatizationbiographical dramabiographical documentarycharles dickens

Production House

Opus Arte
BBC

Audience Score

70%

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Cast

Peter Ackroyd

Self — Presenter

Anton Lesser

Anton Lesser

Charles Dickens

Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Catherine Dickens

Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

John Forster

Helen McCrory

Helen McCrory

Kate Dickens

Geoffrey Palmer

Geoffrey Palmer

Thackeray

// crew

Crew

Chris Granlund

Producer

Andrew Blaney

Original Music Composer

Mary Downes

Producer

Fred Fabre

Director of Photography

Peter Ackroyd

Writer

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