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 his works.
- Created by
- Peter Ackroyd
- Episodes
- 3
- Status
- Ended
Seasons
Cast
Peter Ackroyd
Self — Presenter
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
Christopher Ettridge
John Byrne
Timothy West
John Dickens
Prunella Scales
Elizabeth Dickens
Joseph Traynor
Young Charles
Tom Bowles
Lawrence Mercer
Jack Chissick
Bob Fagin
Trevor Peacock
William Barker
Lucy Davenport
Mary Hogarth
Rachel Swann
Young Catherine
Peter Mair
Panto Dame
Phyllis Logan
Georgina Hogarth
