Armando's Tale of Charles Dickens
2012•1h 0m•6.0•Released
Documentary
Armando Iannucci presents a personal argument in praise of the genius of Charles Dickens. Through the prism of the author's most autobiographical novel, David Copperfield, Armando looks beyond Dickens - the national institution - and instead explores the qualities of Dickens's work that still make him one of the best British writers. While Dickens is often celebrated for his powerful depictions of Victorian England and his role as a social reformer, this programme foregrounds the elements of his writing which make him worth reading, as much for what he tells us about ourselves in the twenty-first century as our ancestors in the nineteenth. Armando argues that Dickens's remarkable use of language and his extraordinary gift for creating characters make him a startlingly experimental and psychologically penetrating writer who demands not just to be adapted for television but to be read and read again.
Director
Deborah Lee
Writer
Armando Iannucci
Languages
English
Cast
Armando Iannucci
Self
Phill Jupitus
Self
Kevin Eldon
Self
John Meriton
Self
Barry Cryer
Self
Josie Long
Self
Ian Hurley
Self
Anthony Arlidge
Self
Judge John Lafferty
Self
Ellis Sareen
Self
Production
Producer
Deborah Lee
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