Episodes

1. Wherein It is Shown How Oliver Twist Came to be Born in Such Sad Circumstances

2. Containing Fresh Discoveries, and Showing That Surprises, Like Misfortunes, Seldom Come Alone

3. Wherein Oliver is Educated by His Friend Fagin and Delivered Over to Mr. William Sikes

4. In Which All is Revealed......

Overview

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.

Details

Cast

Sam Smith

David Ross

Julie Walters

Marc Warren

Lindsay Duncan

Michael Kitchen

Robert Lindsay

Andy Serkis

Emily Woof

Sophia Myles