Series · Drama, Documentary
Dickens (2002)
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.
- Creator
- Peter Ackroyd
- Writers
- Peter Ackroyd
- Network
- BBC One
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- May 11, 2002
- Status
- Ended
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- Joseph TraynorYoung Charles
- Tom BowlesLawrence Mercer
Jack ChissickBob Fagin
Trevor PeacockWilliam Barker
Lucy DavenportMary Hogarth- Rachel SwannYoung Catherine
- Peter MairPanto Dame
Phyllis LoganGeorgina Hogarth
Episodes
0/3 watched- Episode 1: Secrets58 min · May 11, 2002
- Episode 2: Blazing Away59 min · May 18, 2002
- Episode 3: Terror to the End59 min · May 25, 2002
