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Dickens
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.
Status
Ended
Created By
Peter Ackroyd
Network
BBC One
Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
An unorthodox look at the life of Charles Dickens: actors play various individuals in his life (as well as the man 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.
Episodes
Secrets
An exploration of how the writer's early years shaped his life and work.
Blazing Away
Amid the brutality of industrialised England, Dickens used his fame to change society. But his private life was troubled.
Terror to the End
Dickens creates his greatest works in the last decade of his life. But success comes at a price as he embarks on a complex double life.
Top Cast
Peter Ackroyd
Self — Presenter
Anton Lesser
Charles Dickens
Miriam Margolyes
Catherine Dickens
Kenneth Cranham
John Forster
Helen McCrory
Kate Dickens
Geoffrey Palmer
Thackeray
