Dickens
1h

Documentary

Drama

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.

Production Companies

Opus Arte

BBC

Episodes

Cast

1. Secrets

58min

11th May 2002

An exploration of how the writer's early years shaped his life and work.

2. Blazing Away

59min

18th May 2002

Amid the brutality of industrialised England, Dickens used his fame to change society. But his private life was troubled.

3. Terror to the End

59min

25th May 2002

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.

Dickens
1h

Production Companies

Episodes

Cast

1. Secrets

2. Blazing Away

3. Terror to the End

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Dickens1h

Production Companies

Episodes

Cast

1. Secrets

2. Blazing Away

3. Terror to the End

First air date

Last air date

Status

Type

Original language

Networks

Dickens
1h