Dickens is a 2002 three-part docudrama presented by Peter Ackroyd, on whose biography of Dickens it was based. An unorthodox style is taken: actors play various individuals in Dickens' life (as well as Dickens himself), interviewed as if appearing in a contemporary documentary. Their words are from actual letters and journals of the individuals involved, and serve to illuminate the hardships and successes in Dickens' life, and the way his experiences found their way into his works.
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Peter Ackroyd
Self — Presenter

Anton Lesser
Charles Dickens

Miriam Margolyes
Catherine Dickens

Kenneth Cranham
John Forster

Helen McCrory
Kate Dickens

Geoffrey Palmer
Thackeray

The Word
The Word

The Return of the Psammead
The Return of the Psammead

Kungamordet
Kungamordet

Washington: Behind Closed Doors
Washington: Behind Closed Doors

The Killer Closer
The Killer Closer

Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull

Tourist
Tourist

Toxic Town
Toxic Town

The Tailor of Sin City
The Tailor of Sin City

Death Comes to Pemberley
Death Comes to Pemberley

Wagaya no Mondai
Wagaya no Mondai

Testimony of Two Men
Testimony of Two Men