Dickens
11/05/2002
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.
Documentary
Drama
TV Show Information
Peter Ackroyd
as Self — Presenter
Anton Lesser
as Charles Dickens
Miriam Margolyes
as Catherine Dickens
Kenneth Cranham
as John Forster
Helen McCrory
as Kate Dickens
Geoffrey Palmer
as Thackeray
