Dickens (docudrama)
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Dickens was a 2002 BBC docudrama on the life of the author Charles Dickens
. It was presented by Peter Ackroyd
, on whose biography of Dickens it was based, and Dickens was played by Anton Lesser
. It was broadcast in three hour-long episodes.
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
. It was presented by Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd CBE is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot and Sir Thomas More he won the Somerset Maugham Award...
, on whose biography of Dickens it was based, and Dickens was played by Anton Lesser
Anton Lesser
Anton Lesser is a British actor. He attended Moseley Grammar School and the University of Liverpool before going to RADA in 1977 where he was awarded the Bancroft Gold Medal as the most promising actor of his year....
. It was broadcast in three hour-long episodes.
External links
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