Bruce Prochnik stars in this BBC miniseries adaptation of the classic novel by Charles Dickens. Oliver (Prochnik) is a young orphan boy who is expelled from the workhouse run by Mr. Bumble (Willoughby Goddard). After becoming an apprentice to an undertaker Oliver decides to run away to London, only to meet the Artful Dodger (Melvyn Hayes) and fall amongst his gang of thieves, led by the scheming Fagin (Max Adrian). The cast also features Carmel McSharry as Nancy, Peter Vaughan as Bill Sikes and Alan Rothwell as Charley Bates.
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