Oliver Twist (1985 TV serial)

Oliver Twist is a 1985 BBC TV serial.^[1] It was produced by Terrance Dicks, directed by Gareth Davies, and adapted by Alexander Baron from the 1838 novel by Charles Dickens.^[2] This version follows the book more closely than any of the other film adaptions.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

For a detailed plot, see Oliver Twist.

Eric Porter - Fagin
Michael Attwell - Bill Sikes
Ben Rodska - Oliver Twist
Amanda Harris - Nancy
Godfrey James - Mr. Bumble
Frank Middlemass - Mr Brownlow
Lysette Anthony - Rose Maylie / Agnes Fleming (Anthony had previously played Oliver's mother in the 1982 adaptation of the novel.)
Pip Donaghy - Monks
David Garlick - The Artful Dodger (Garlick had previously played the Dodger on Broadway and West End revivals of Oliver!)
Nicholas Bond-Owen - Charley Bates
David King - Giles
Gillian Martell - Mrs. Maylie
Edward Burnham - Mr Grimwig
Julian Firth - Noah Claypole
Miriam Margolyes - Mrs Corney (later Mrs Bumble)
Raymond Witch - Mr. Sowerberry
Terry Molloy - Brittles
Christian Rodska - Barney
Dominic Jephcott - Harry Maylie
Carys Llewelyn - Charlotte
Christopher Driscoll - Toby Crackit
Janet Henfrey - Martha
David McKail - Doctor Losberne
Scott Funnell - Young Oliver Twist

^ "Oliver Twist". 17 November 1985. p. 44 – via BBC Genome.
^ "Oliver Twist Part 5 (1985)". BFI. Archived from the original on 3 June 2018.