An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
Dramachild abusebased on novel or bookvictorian englandminiseriesorphanchild labor19th centuryworkhouseBBC One
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- Alexander BaronCreator
- Charles DickensNovel
- Dudley SimpsonOriginal Music Composer
- Mike BlooreEditor
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- Miniseries12 eps · 1985
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