TV Show Details
Air Date:May 11th, 2002
Last Air Date:May 25th, 2002
Network:BBC One
Status:Ended
Genres:Drama , Documentary
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Opus Arte, BBC
Dickens on the Web:Official Website
Dickens (2002)
TV ShowBBC One
Miniseries
DirectorsMary DownesChris Granlund
Plot
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.
