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Oliver Twist [videorecording (DVD)].

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Warner Home Video , c2005.

English literature -- 19th century -- Television adaptations.

1419814664 (Charles Dickens Collection set)

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Charles Dickens Collection. Oliver Twist [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (ca. 352 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.

Originally produced as a television miniseries in 1985.

Bonus program: An audience with Charles Dickens: Sikes and Nancy: in this 30-minute film, Simon Callow recreates the author's most famous public reading - the scene between Sikes and Nancy from Oliver Twist.

Double-sided DVD: Side A contains episodes 1-6; Side B, 7-12 plus bonus program.

Aspect ratio 4:3.

Closed-captioned.

Eric Porter with Michael Attwell, Scott Funnell, David Garlick, Amanda Harris, Godfrey James, Frank Middlemass and Ben Rodska as Oliver.

Born into a miserable workhouse orphanage, Oliver eventually flees to London, where the cheerful Artful Dodger immediately befriends him and introduces him to the villainous Fagin and his gang of thieves. Temporarily rescued from the prospect of a life of crime by the kindly Mr. Brownlow, Oliver finds himself pursued by savage thief Bill Sikes and the enigmatic Monks.

Television mini-series.

Television programs -- Great Britain.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Oliver Twist. Television adaptations.

Porter, Eric, 1928-1995.

Attwell, Michael, 1943-2006.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

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