S01E01 Episode 1
The moment where Oliver Twist asks for more gruel is right up there with Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" line. You know it's coming, you wait, you get ready because it's on its...
Oliver Twist
Overview
Oliver is born into poverty and misfortune - the son of an unmarried mother, who dies shortly after his birth. He is soon delivered to the workhouse, where the cruel Mr. Bumble oversees children tormented by starvation and suffering. When Oliver dares to ask for more gruel, he finds himself cast out and forced to make his own way in the world...
Episodes
S01E02 Episode 2
Oliver (William Miller) has seen his one chance of happiness snatched after he's abducted from his comfortable new home by wicked Bill Sikes (a creepily malevolent turn from Tom Hardy). But it's not just the...
S01E03 Episode 3
Sikes escapes back to London with a badly wounded Oliver, and Nancy nurses him, determined to save his life. Mr Bumble declares his love for Mrs Corney. Rose continues to search for Oliver, but is...
S01E04 Episode 4
Despite Corney and Bumble's attempts to extort money from him, Monks quickly gets the upper hand and leaves with the necklace, letter and a page of the register recording Oliver's birth. Nancy cares for Oliver,...
S01E05 Episode 5
At the moment, wicked Bill Sikes (Tom Hardy) has the boy in his clutches, but nasty Monks (a slyly charming Julian Rhind-Tutt) is also on his trail. Of course, as this is a well-loved and...
Cast
Gregor Fisher
Mr. Bumble
Edward Fox
Mr. Brownlow
Tom Hardy
Bill Sikes
Timothy Spall
Fagin
Sophie Okonedo
Nancy
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Edward
Morven Christie
Rose Maylie
William Miller
Oliver Twist
Sarah Lancashire
Mrs. Corney
Nicola Walker
Sally
Adam Arnold
Artful Dodger
John Sessions
Mr. Sowerberry
