Dickens Season 1 Episode 2

Blazing Away

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Season 1 Episode 2

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