Dickens
Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 3
An unorthodox look at the life of Charles Dickens: actors play various individuals in his life (as well as the man 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.
Episodes(3)
1. Secrets
An exploration of how the writer's early years shaped his life and work.
Air Date : 2002-05-11
2. Blazing Away
Amid the brutality of industrialised England, Dickens used his fame to change society. But his private life was troubled.
Air Date : 2002-05-18
3. Terror to the End
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.
Air Date : 2002-05-25
Cast
Peter Ackroyd
(Self — Presenter)
Anton Lesser
(Charles Dickens)
Miriam Margolyes
(Catherine Dickens)
Kenneth Cranham
(John Forster)
Helen McCrory
(Kate Dickens)
Geoffrey Palmer
(Thackeray)
Jack Davenport
(Charley Dickens)
Natasha Little
(Ellen Ternan)
Avril Ellis
(Frances Ternan)
Christopher Ettridge
(John Byrne)
Timothy West
(John Dickens)
Prunella Scales
(Elizabeth Dickens)
Joseph Traynor
(Young Charles)
Tom Bowles
(Lawrence Mercer)
Jack Chissick
(Bob Fagin)
Trevor Peacock
(William Barker)
Lucy Davenport
(Mary Hogarth)
Rachel Swann
(Young Catherine)
Peter Mair
(Panto Dame)
Phyllis Logan
(Georgina Hogarth)
Robin Soans
(George Reynolds)
Harry Ditson
(American Journalist)
Sonia Ritter
(Former Prostitute)
Sophie Duval
(Actress)
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