Oliver Twist Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

  • Season 1 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

    Events come to a head in Alan Bleasdale's adaptation of the Dickens classic, as Oliver is reunited with his new family and enjoys the security that his well-deserved inheritance brings him. Loyalty proves costly for Nancy, however, while ne'er-do-wells Fagin and Sikes finally come unstuck. Last in series of the lavish period drama, starring Sam Smith, Michael Kitchen, Robert Lindsay and Emily Woof

  • Season 1 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

    Oliver is back in the safe hands of benefactor Mr Brownlow : leaving Fagin to worry that the boy will spill the beans about his crooked operation. Part five of the Dickens adaptation, starring Sam Smith, Robert Lindsay, Andy Serkis and Michael Kitchen

  • Season 1 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

    Fagin plots to disgrace Oliver for good by using him in a burglary on Mr Brownlow's country home, and hands him over to evil cohort Bill Sikes, who ends up bungling the robbery : leading to a brush with death for the young orphan. Fourth part of the Dickens adaptation, starring Robert Lindsay, Andy Serkis, Sam Smith, Michael Kitchen and Andrew Schofield

  • Season 1 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

    Fagin's attempt to set Oliver up as a criminal fails when the victim, Mr Brownlow, becomes the boy's benefactor. Third part of the Dickens adaptation, starring Robert Lindsay, Andy Serkis and Sam Smith

  • Season 1 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

    The young Oliver's independent ways lead to his being expelled from the workhouse and sold as an undertaker's apprentice. Narrowly escaping the clutches of his villainous half-brother Monks, he flees to London : where Fagin and his gang of urchins are waiting for him. Second instalment of Alan Bleasdale's six-part adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel, starring Sam Smith, Robert Lindsay and Julie Walters

  • Season 1 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

    Six-part adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel about the adventures of an orphan boy who falls in with a gang of child pickpockets in Victorian London. The first episode concentrates on events leading up to the tragic circumstances of Oliver's birth, as his mother flees from the ruthless widow of her dead lover, eventually seeking refuge at a workhouse in a seaside town. Scripted by Alan Bleasdale, with a star-studded cast including Julie Walters, Michael Kitchen and Lindsay Duncan