
Dickensian
On BBC One
A Victorian ensemble drama that weaves together Dickens' most iconic characters into a shared London world, balancing period atmosphere with soap-opera plotting.
Dickensian intertwines the realm of fictional characters in Charles Dickens’ novels—including Scrooge, Fagin and Miss Havisham—in half-hour episodes, as their lives intertwine in 19th century London. The Old Curiosity Shop sits next door to The Three Cripples Pub, while Fagin’s Den is hidden down a murky alley off a bustling Victorian street.
Essence
Ensemble

Alexandra Moen
Frances Barbary

Ned Dennehy
Ebenezer Scrooge

Stephen Rea
Inspector Bucket

Pauline Collins
Mrs Gamp

Peter Firth
Jacob Marley

Phoebe Dynevor
Martha Cratchit

Omid Djalili
Mr Venus
Zaak Conway
Tim Cratchit

Joseph Quinn
Arthur Havisham

Tuppence Middleton
Amelia Havisham

Sophie Rundle
Honoria Barbary

Tom Weston-Jones
Meriweather Compeyson
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