Escape of the Artful Dodger
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Escape of the Artful Dodger was an Australia
n children’s television series
first screened on the Nine Network
in 2001.
Escape of the Artful Dodger is the story of Jack Dawkins, who was introduced in the classic Charles Dickens
novel Oliver Twist
. The Artful Dodger is a fast-talking, nimble-fingered young pick-pocket in London
, whose voyage to Australia
presents an opportunity to escape from his old life of being a crook, to become a hero.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n children’s television series
Children's television series
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...
first screened on the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
in 2001.
Escape of the Artful Dodger is the story of Jack Dawkins, who was introduced in the classic Charles Dickens
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...
novel Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to...
. The Artful Dodger is a fast-talking, nimble-fingered young pick-pocket in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, whose voyage to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
presents an opportunity to escape from his old life of being a crook, to become a hero.
Cast
- Luke O'LoughlinLuke O'LoughlinLuke O'Loughlin is an Australian actor.O'Loughlin was born in Adelaide.He currently is the lead vocalist in the Australian band Former Child Stars.-Television:...
as Dodger - Rowan Witt as Oliver Twist
- Brittany Byrnes as Hannah Schuller
- Simon Scarlett as Wild Will Grady
- Barry Langrishe as Sergeant Bates
- Mathew Waters as Scratch
- Henri SzepsHenri SzepsHenri Szeps OAM is an Australian actor best known for his role as Robert Beare in the ABC situation comedy series Mother and Son.-Early life:...
as Dr. Hartman - Phillip Hinton as Mr Brownlow
- Maggie Blinco as Mrs Posset
- Kate Sherman as Becky
- Christopher Baz as Fagin
- Bill Conn as Mr Butterfly
- Aurora Voss as Kelly
- Shane Briant as Colonel Springs
- Richard Wilson as Lord Edward Tuxley