TV series
Dickens
2002 · 1 season
A scholarly, gently theatrical stroll through a Victorian life, mixing talking-head confession with period reenactment.
- Created by
- Peter Ackroyd
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Starring
- Peter Ackroyd, Anton Lesser, Miriam Margolyes
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Art, class, family, memory
- Content
- Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Peter Ackroyd
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Starring
- Peter Ackroyd, Anton Lesser, Miriam Margolyes
