Dickens

Season 1 - Dickens

• Season 1 Episode 3: Terror to the End (2002) The last episode of the docu-drama charting the life of the author focuses on his final decade. Busy creating what were to become some of his finest works defending family virtues, Dickens is forced to hide his personal endeavours when a chance encounter with an actress prompts him to embark on a secret double life. Presented by Peter Ackroyd and starring Anton Lesser, Natasha Little and Miriam Margolyes
• Season 1 Episode 2: Blazing Away (2002) Part two of the docu-drama charting the life of the great Victorian author chronicles his rise to prominence in 19th-century society with the warm response to novels Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby. However, his literary success was overshadowed by private turmoil with the untimely death of his beloved sister-in-law and unfriendly editorials in the American press. Presented by Peter Ackroyd and starring Anton Lesser, Prunella Scales, Timothy West and Miriam Margolyes
• Season 1 Episode 1: Secrets (2002) Peter Ackroyd presents the first instalment of a new documentary-drama series charting the life of the acclaimed author, using the latest technology to explore his Victorian surroundings and dramatic reconstructions of key events from his life. The opening episode charts his family's sudden impoverishment, examining how a humbling and humiliating start in life offered inspiration for his characters in straitened circumstances. Anton Lesser, Prunella Scales, Timothy West and Miriam Margolyes star…