EndedBBC One2002-05-11

Dickens

Name: Dickens
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 2002-05-11
Rating: 7
Cast: Peter Ackroyd, Anton Lesser, Miriam Margolyes, Kenneth Cranham, Helen McCrory

Documentary Drama~60 min

1

Episodes

3

Networks

BBC One

Countries

GB

First aired

2002-05-11

Last aired

2002-05-25

Language

en

Rating

7.0 / 10

Synopsis and details

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.