Dickens — Season 1, Episode 2: Blazing Away
Documentary, Drama • 59 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
Amid the brutality of industrialised England, Dickens used his fame to change society. But his private life was troubled.
About Dickens
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.