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The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist

1980 · 1 season

A gentle, old-fashioned Victorian adventure with plucky children, scheming adults and a comforting sense of peril that always resolves safely.

Created by
Paul Harrison, Ian Fordyce
Genres
Action & adventure
Starring
John Fowler, Daniel Murray, Leonard Preston
Overview
Oliver and The Artful Dodger find that Mr. Brownlow's new housekeeper, aided by Noah Claypole, is trying to steal Mr. Brownlow's money and are forced to go on the run back to the London slums.

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Created by
Paul Harrison, Ian Fordyce
Genres
Action & adventure
Starring
John Fowler, Daniel Murray, Leonard Preston
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • greed
  • friendship
  • survival
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
action & adventure
Created by
Paul Harrison, Ian Fordyce
Written by
David Butler
Starring
John Fowler, Daniel Murray, Leonard Preston, June Watson, Geoffrey Larder, Pauline Quirke
Length
1 seasons, 13 episodes
Country
United Kingdom

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