TV series

Escape of the Artful Dodger

2001 · 1 season

A light, brisk colonial adventure with a cheeky hero, mild peril, and a warm sense of friendship and fairness.

Overview: Escape of the Artful Dodger was an Australian children’s television series first screened on the Nine Network in 2001. Escape of the Artful Dodger is the story of Jack Dawkins, who was introduced in the classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. The Artful Dodger is a fast-talking, nimble-fingered young pick-pocket in London, whose voyage to Australia presents an opportunity to escape from his old life of being a crook, to become a hero.
How it feels: Light, earnest, warm and tense. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Coming-of-age, friendship, justice, corruption
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
friendship
justice
corruption
freedom
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: kids
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none