Oliver Twist

About Oliver Twist

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.

Oliver Twist is a drama series that ran on BBC One. The series is filed under orphan, victorian england, child abuse, and child labor.

Its one season of 12 episodes aired between October 1985 and December 1985.

It is adapted from a novel.

American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Britbox Apple TV channel. Great Expectations, Jane Eyre, and Fingersmith make useful companions to Oliver Twist, all filed under 19th century and miniseries.