Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist is being given a new spin in a star-studded BBC prequel to the Victorian novel, which highlights the parallels between food poverty in the 19th century and now.
Echoing the most famous line from Dickens’ 1838 classic – “Please sir, I want some more” – and Marcus Rashford’s campaign to reduce child hunger, the writers of forthcoming 10-part family adventure series Dodger say they “made a conscious effort” to put food poverty “to the fore” in their show based on the exploits of Dickens’ characters the Artful Dodger and crime-lord Fagin.
