2002 · BBC · Ended
About the life of the author Charles Dickens. It was presented by Peter Ackroyd, on whose biography of Dickens it is based. His life's story resembles the plot of one of Dickens’ own novels. An innovative mix of documentary and dramatic reconstruction vividly recreates the author's extraordinary life.
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Peter Ackroyd
Self — Presenter
3 episodes
Anton Lesser
Charles Dickens
3 episodes
Miriam Margolyes
Catherine Dickens
3 episodes
Kenneth Cranham
John Forster
3 episodes
Helen McCrory
Kate Dickens
3 episodes
Geoffrey Palmer
Thackeray
3 episodes
Jack Davenport
Charley Dickens
2 episodes
Natasha Little
Ellen Ternan
2 episodes
Avril Ellis
Frances Ternan
2 episodes
Christopher Ettridge
John Byrne
2 episodes
Timothy West
John Dickens
1 episode
Prunella Scales
Elizabeth Dickens
1 episode
Joseph Traynor
Young Charles
1 episode
Tom Bowles
Lawrence Mercer
1 episode
Jack Chissick
Bob Fagin
1 episode
Trevor Peacock
William Barker
1 episode
Lucy Davenport
Mary Hogarth
1 episode
Rachel Swann
Young Catherine
1 episode
Peter Mair
Panto Dame
1 episode
Phyllis Logan
Georgina Hogarth
1 episode
Robin Soans
George Reynolds
1 episode
Harry Ditson
American Journalist
1 episode
Sonia Ritter
Former Prostitute
1 episode
Sophie Duval
Actress
1 episode
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