

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.
Created by Alan Bleasdale
User score
24 votes
Ended
November 28, 1999
1h 35m
1 · 4 episodes
English
Sam Smith
Oliver Twist

David Ross
Mr. Bumble

Julie Walters
Mrs. Mann

Marc Warren
Monks

Lindsay Duncan
Elizabeth Leeford

Michael Kitchen
Mr. Brownlow

Robert Lindsay
Fagin

Andy Serkis
Bill Sikes

Emily Woof
Nancy

Sophia Myles
Agnes Fleming

Tim Dutton
Edwin Leeford

Annette Crosbie
Mrs Bedwin

Keira Knightley
Rose Fleming

Alun Armstrong
Mr. Fleming

Roger Lloyd Pack
Mr. Sowerberry
Alex Crowley
Artful Dodger

Isla Fisher
Bet

Liz Smith
Sally

Sarah Flind
Homely Maid

Sam Kelly
Giles