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2003 · Documentary · Drama
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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 …
The story
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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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 experiences found their way into his works.
Cast
Peter AckroydSelf — Presenter
Anton LesserCharles Dickens
Miriam MargolyesCatherine Dickens
Kenneth CranhamJohn Forster
Helen McCroryKate Dickens
Geoffrey PalmerThackeray
Jack DavenportCharley Dickens
Natasha LittleEllen Ternan
Avril EllisFrances Ternan
Christopher EttridgeJohn Byrne
Timothy WestJohn Dickens
Prunella ScalesElizabeth Dickens
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Joseph TraynorYoung Charles
Tom BowlesLawrence Mercer
Jack ChissickBob Fagin
Trevor PeacockWilliam Barker
Lucy DavenportMary Hogarth
Rachel SwannYoung Catherine
Peter MairPanto Dame
Phyllis LoganGeorgina Hogarth
Robin SoansGeorge Reynolds
Harry DitsonAmerican Journalist
Sonia RitterFormer Prostitute
Sophie DuvalActress
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