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Dickensian (TV Series)

Dickensian

2015

Tony Jordan (Creator), Harry Bradbeer ...

Stephen Rea, Pauline Collins, Caroline Quentin, Ben Starr ...

6.7

116

TV Series. Drama TV Series (2015-2016). 20 Episodes. BBC One‘s 20-part drama series brings together some of the most iconic characters from the mind of Charles Dickens, including Scrooge, Fagin and Miss Havisham. In 19th-century London The Old Curiosity Shop sits next door to The Three Cripples Pub, while Fagin’s Den is hidden down a murky alley off a bustling Victorian street... With a wealth of back-stories sourced from the novels, Dickensian delivers ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Sam Wollaston The Guardian	"The set is beautiful, and there are showy Dickensian performances from a starry cast (...) My problem is with the whole exercise – starting with the characters (...) the new thing is never going to be as good as the thing they came from. Plus there are too many of them."	NEU
United Kingdom	Michael Hogan Telegraph	"Ingeniously conceived, handsomely crafted. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United Kingdom	Amy Burns The Independent	"[A] brilliantly reimagined Dickens."	POS

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