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Oliver Twist

1962 · 1 season

A grim, faithful Victorian serial that immerses you in poverty and menace, with a notorious burst of brutality.

Created by
Constance Cox
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bruce Prochnik, Max Adrian, Peter Vaughan
Overview
An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.

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Created by
Constance Cox
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bruce Prochnik, Max Adrian, Peter Vaughan
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • crime
  • class
  • survival
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Constance Cox
Written by
Constance Cox
Starring
Bruce Prochnik, Max Adrian, Peter Vaughan, Carmel McSharry, John Carson, Willoughby Goddard, George Curzon, Alan Rothwell
Music
Ron Grainer
Length
1 seasons, 13 episodes, 30 min each
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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