TV series

Dickens

2002★ 7.0 · 1Ended1 seasonDocumentaryDrama

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.

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Cast

Peter Ackroyd
as Self — Presenter

Anton Lesser
as Charles Dickens

Miriam Margolyes
as Catherine Dickens

Kenneth Cranham
as John Forster

Helen McCrory
as Kate Dickens

Geoffrey Palmer
as Thackeray

Crew

Chris Granlund
Producer

Andrew Blaney
Original Music Composer

Mary Downes
Producer

Fred Fabre
Director of Photography

Peter Ackroyd
Writer

Seasons

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: 3