Oliver Twist (2007)

6.5 (90 votes)

1 Season

December 18, 2007

English

Drama

Synopsis

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.

Creator

Rebecca Eaton, Kate Harwood

Network

BBC One

Episodes

Part 1

Dec 18, 2007

60 min

7.5

Having endured a miserable and brutal childhood, young Oliver is sold to an undertaker, where his mistreatment forces him to escape to London. Once in the capital, he is welcomed into the seductive world of pick-pocketing by the criminal underworld and, before long, is in deep trouble with the law.

Part 2

Dec 19, 2007

30 min

7.5

Fagin meets Monks and is promised handsome payment if he brings about Oliver's death. Fagin reasons, however, that someone may pay to have him returned safely.

Part 3

Dec 20, 2007

30 min

7.5

Sikes escapes back to London with a badly wounded Oliver, and Nancy nurses him, determined to save his life.

Part 4

Dec 21, 2007

30 min

8.0

Dodger discovers he is betrayed by Nancy, putting her in grave danger.

Part 5

Dec 22, 2007

35 min

7.5

Sikes goes on the run with Oliver, but his journey is interrupted. Brownlow and the police search Fagin's den. Monks returns to London, but upon his arrival home, he finds Brownlow, Rose, and the police waiting for him.