Oliver Twist - Season 1 - Episode 1

Name: Episode 1
Released: 2007-12-18
Rating: 3.3

2007-12-18 • 60 min • ⭐ 6.5/10

The moment where Oliver Twist asks for more gruel is right up there with Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" line. You know it's coming, you wait, you get ready because it's on its way and then, bam! it's arrived: "Please sir, I want some more". Newcomer William Miller, as Oliver, wisely plays it straight as he holds out his bowl and blinks his sweet saucer eyes at wicked workhouse boss Mr Bumble (Gregor Fisher) in Sarah Phelps's roistering dramatisation of the Dickens story.

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About Oliver Twist

Title: Oliver Twist

First Air Date: 2007-12-18

Last Air Date: 2007-12-22

Status: Ended

Rating: 6.5/10 (from 82 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 2

Total Episodes: 5

Network: BBC One

Genres: Drama

Production Companies: GBH, BBC, United Productions, Diplomat Films

Synopsis

Oliver is born into poverty and misfortune - the son of an unmarried mother, who dies shortly after his birth. He is soon delivered to the workhouse, where the cruel Mr. Bumble oversees children tormented by starvation and suffering. When Oliver dares to ask for more gruel, he finds himself cast out and forced to make his own way in the world...