Dickens
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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Peter Ackroyd
Self — Presenter · 3 eps
Anton Lesser
Charles Dickens · 3 eps
Miriam Margolyes
Catherine Dickens · 3 eps
Kenneth Cranham
John Forster · 3 eps
Helen McCrory
Kate Dickens · 3 eps
Geoffrey Palmer
Thackeray · 3 eps
Jack Davenport
Charley Dickens · 2 eps
Natasha Little
Ellen Ternan · 2 eps
Avril Ellis
Frances Ternan · 2 eps
Christopher Ettridge
John Byrne · 2 eps
Timothy West
John Dickens · 1 ep
Prunella Scales
Elizabeth Dickens · 1 ep
Joseph Traynor
Young Charles · 1 ep
Tom Bowles
Lawrence Mercer · 1 ep
Jack Chissick
Bob Fagin · 1 ep
Trevor Peacock
William Barker · 1 ep
Lucy Davenport
Mary Hogarth · 1 ep
Rachel Swann
Young Catherine · 1 ep
Peter Mair
Panto Dame · 1 ep
Phyllis Logan
Georgina Hogarth · 1 ep
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