| Oliver Twist | |
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| Genre | Period drama |
| Based on | Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| Screenplay by | Constance Cox |
| Directed by | Eric Tayler (credited as 'producer') |
| Starring | Bruce Prochnik Max Adrian Peter Vaughan |
| Composer | Ron Grainer |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Eric Tayler |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC TV |
| Release | 7 January – 1 April 1962 |
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Oliver Twist is a 1962 BBC TV adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1838 novel Oliver Twist, serialised in 13 episodes.[1][2] Due in part to its transmission at Sunday teatimes, the production proved to be controversial, with questions asked in Parliament and many viewer complaints over the brutal murder of Nancy by Bill Sikes in its eleventh episode.[3][4] The serial has survived intact, and was released to DVD in 2017 by Simply Media.[5]
- ^ "Oliver Twist: Episode 1". 7 January 1962. p. 17 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ "Oliver Twist Episode 6 (1962)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Dickens on Television". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "BBC Television - 1 April 1962 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "What the Dickens? Charles Dickens DVD releases". SimplyHE.