Oliver Twist (1999 TV series)
Oliver Twist is a 1999 drama serial produced by ITV based on the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
DVD cover
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and as a three-volume book in 1838. The story follows the titular orphan, who, after being raised in a workhouse, escapes to London, where he meets a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin, discovers the secrets of his parentage, and reconnects with his remaining family.
Frontispiece and title-page, first edition 1838 Illustration and design by George Cruikshank
Cover, first edition of serial, entitled "The Adventures of Oliver Twist" January 1846
Mr Bumble by Kyd (Joseph Clayton Clarke)
George Cruikshank original etching of the Artful Dodger (centre), here introducing Oliver (right) to Fagin (left)