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Christopher Eccleston to front Oliver Twist spin-off series Dodger – with a LOT of familiar faces
CHRISTOPHER Eccleston is to front new Oliver Twist spin-off series Dodger – with a LOT of familiar faces.
The former Doctor Who star will play Fagin while Shameless star David Threlfall takes on the role of Chief of Police, Sir Charles Rowan.
Christopher Eccleston is to play Fagin in a new Oliver Twist spin-off series[/caption]
Dodger is a 10-part family adventure series which will air on CBBC and BBC iPlayer next year.
The Crown’s Billy Jenkins will play the titular Dodger, while Saira Choudhry will portray Nancy.
The past-paced comedy-drama is set before the events of Charles Dickens’ iconic novel, Oliver Twist.
It follows the exploits of the infamous pickpocket, The Artful Dodger, and Fagin’s gang as they find ingenious ways to survive the grim and exploitative conditions of early Victorian London in the 1830s.
Dodger is set before the events of Charles Dickens’ classic novel[/caption]
Shameless star David Threlfall will play Chief of Police, Sir Charles Rowan[/caption]
The group of young misfits is led by Dodger and his pickpocketing partner-in-crime, Charley Bates, a girl from the countryside with a mysterious past.
Together the orphans duck and dive their way through the criminal underworld, trying to make a better life for themselves, whilst satisfying Fagin’s pickpocketing demands and avoiding the hangman’s noose.
The police are always just one step away with Sir Charles Rowan becoming increasingly obsessed about how to deal with the gang and catch Dodger.
Each episode is a standalone adventure brought together at the end of the series with some dramatic reveals and surprises.
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Christopher is excited to play the iconic character[/caption]
Christopher said: “Fagin is an iconic role, I’m a very fortunate actor. Rhys Thomas and Lucy Montgomery have taken Charles Dickens’s extraordinary characters and imagined a whole new world and lives for them. I’m very, very excited.”
Filming is already underway in Manchester and various locations around the north west.
