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Dickens

Created by Peter Ackroyd

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.

First aired
11 May 2002
Episode length
59 min
Also known as
The Mystery of Charles Dickens
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Writer
Peter Ackroyd
Cinematography
Fred Fabre
Music
Andrew Blaney
Producers
Chris Granlund, Mary Downes
Elsewhere
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    Season 1 · 2002

    An unorthodox look at the life of Charles Dickens: actors play various individuals in his life (as well as the man 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.

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