Oliver Twist (1985 TV serial)

*Oliver Twist*
Oliver Twist
	DVD cover with Eric Porter as Fagin
Based on	Oliver Twist; by Charles Dickens
Written by	Alexander Baron
Directed by	Gareth Davies
Starring	Lysette Anthony; Ben Rodska; Eric Porter; Michael Attwell; Godfrey James; Frank Middlemass
Theme music composer	Dudley Simpson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	12
Production
Producer	Terrance Dicks
Running time	360 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	13 October –; 29 December 1985

Oliver Twist is a 1985 BBC TV serial.^[1] It was produced by Terrance Dicks, directed by Gareth Davies, and adapted by Alexander Baron from the 1838 novel by Charles Dickens.^[2] This version follows the book more closely than any of the other film adaptions.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

For a detailed plot, see Oliver Twist.

Eric Porter - Fagin
Michael Attwell - Bill Sikes
Ben Rodska - Oliver Twist
Amanda Harris - Nancy
Godfrey James - Mr. Bumble
Frank Middlemass - Mr Brownlow
Lysette Anthony - Rose Maylie / Agnes Fleming (Anthony had previously played Oliver's mother in the 1982 adaptation of the novel.)
Pip Donaghy - Monks
David Garlick - The Artful Dodger (Garlick had previously played the Dodger on Broadway and West End revivals of Oliver!)
Nicholas Bond-Owen - Charley Bates
David King - Giles
Gillian Martell - Mrs. Maylie
Edward Burnham - Mr Grimwig
Julian Firth - Noah Claypole
Miriam Margolyes - Mrs Corney (later Mrs Bumble)
Raymond Witch - Mr. Sowerberry
Terry Molloy - Brittles
Christian Rodska - Barney
Dominic Jephcott - Harry Maylie
Carys Llewelyn - Charlotte
Christopher Driscoll - Toby Crackit
Janet Henfrey - Martha
David McKail - Doctor Losberne
Scott Funnell - Young Oliver Twist

^ "Oliver Twist". 17 November 1985. p. 44 – via BBC Genome.
^ "Oliver Twist Part 5 (1985)". BFI. Archived from the original on 3 June 2018.

v t e Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist
Characters	Oliver Twist Bill Sikes Fagin Mr Brownlow Nancy Rose Maylie Monks The Artful Dodger Charley Bates Mr Sowerberry Mr. Bumble
Film adaptations	Oliver Twist (1909) Oliver Twist (1912) Oliver Twist (1912) Oliver Twist (1916) Oliver Twist (1919) Oliver Twist (1922) Oliver Twist (1933) Oliver Twist (1948) Oliver! (1968) Oliver Twist (1974) Las Aventuras de Oliver Twist (1987) Oliver Twist (2005)
Film retellings	Manik (1961) Chitti Tammudu (1962) Oliver & Company (1988) Twisted (1996) Twist (2003) Boy Called Twist (2004) Twist (2021)
TV adaptations	Oliver Twist (1962 TV serial) Oliver Twist (1982 American-British TV film) Oliver Twist (1982 Australian TV film) Oliver Twist (1985 TV serial) Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist (1996 TV series) Oliver Twist (1997 TV film) Oliver Twist (1999 TV series) Oliver Twist (2007 TV series)
Play	Oliver! (1960)
Songs	"As Long as He Needs Me" "Consider Yourself" "Food, Glorious Food" "I'd Do Anything" "Oliver!" "Oom-Pah-Pah" "Where Is Love?" "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two" "Be Back Soon"
Related	Oliver! (soundtrack to the 1968 film) Escape of the Artful Dodger (2001 TV series retelling) Fagin the Jew (2003 graphic novel) Oliver and the Artful Dodger (1972 TV film) I'd Do Anything (2008 TV series) Dodger (2022 TV series) The Artful Dodger (2023 TV series)