Dickens
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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.
Created by Peter Ackroyd
Network: BBC One
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Cast
- Peter Ackroyd Self — Presenter
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Anton Lesser Charles Dickens -
Miriam Margolyes Catherine Dickens -
Kenneth Cranham John Forster -
Helen McCrory Kate Dickens -
Geoffrey Palmer Thackeray -
Jack Davenport Charley Dickens -
Natasha Little Ellen Ternan - Avril Ellis Frances Ternan
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Christopher Ettridge John Byrne -
Timothy West John Dickens -
Prunella Scales Elizabeth Dickens
