The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. The series ran 1 season across 4 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes61%
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
24 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Miniseries | 4 ep1999 |
Key crew
- Renny RyeDirector
- Alan BleasdaleWriter
Cast
- Sam SmithOliver Twist
- David RossMr. Bumble
- Julie WaltersMrs. Mann
- Marc WarrenMonks
- Lindsay DuncanElizabeth Leeford
- Michael KitchenMr. Brownlow
- Robert LindsayFagin
- Andy SerkisBill Sikes
- Emily WoofNancy
- Sophia MylesAgnes Fleming
- Tim DuttonEdwin Leeford
- Annette CrosbieMrs Bedwin
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Themes
london, englandchild abuseminiseriesorphancostume drama