COLLECTION · Series · 2002

Dickens

Name: Dickens
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 7

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.

Source: TMDB

* 7.0 (1)DocumentaryDramaUnited Kingdom

Creators

Peter Ackroyd

Countries

United Kingdom

Studios

BBC One · Opus Arte · BBC

Runtime

60 min/ep

Release

11/05/2002

Score

7.0 / 10 (1)

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Seasons and episodes

Miniseries

3 episodes · 2002

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…

Episode 1. Secrets

2002-05-11 · 58 min

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

Episode 2. Blazing Away

2002-05-18 · 59 min

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

Episode 3. Terror to the End

2002-05-25 · 59 min

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.

Cast by season

Peter Ackroyd

Self — Presenter