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Oliver Twist

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  • 1985-1985
  • 1 Season
  • CBS/Fox
  • Drama
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In a storm, in a workhouse, to a nameless woman, young Oliver Twist is born into parish care where he's overworked and underfed. As he grows older his adventures take him from the countryside to London, through harsh treatment, kindness, an undertaker, and a thieves' dens, where he makes friends and enemies. But all the time he is pursued by the mysterious Monks, who hires Fagin to turn Oliver into a thief. Oliver is rescued by chance and kind friends. But it's a puzzle of legitimacy, inheritance, and identity that Oliver's friends must attempt to unravel before Monks can destroy Oliver.

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Ben Rodska
Oliver Twist
Eric Porter
Fagin
Michael Attwell
Bill Sikes

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Episode 1

Episode #1.1

An unknown girl dies in childbirth at a county workhouse, giving birth to a son. Who is she? What will become of her child?

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Awards

  • 1987 - ACE - Art Direction for a Comedy or Dramatic Series - nominated

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