Dickens
2002•1 Seasons•3 Episodes•7.0•Ended
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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.
Creator
Peter Ackroyd
Network
BBC One
Origin
GB
Cast
Peter Ackroyd
Self — Presenter
Anton Lesser
Charles Dickens
Miriam Margolyes
Catherine Dickens
Kenneth Cranham
John Forster
Helen McCrory
Kate Dickens
Geoffrey Palmer
Thackeray
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