Dodger - CBBC Comedy Drama - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
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Stars
Billy Jenkins, Christopher Eccleston, David Threlfall, Saira Choudhry, Aabay Ali, Ellie-May Sheridan, Mila Lieu, Connor Curren and more
Writers
Rhys Thomas and Lucy Montgomery
Directors
Rhys Thomas and Hildegard Ryan
Producers
Francis Gilson, Mark Freeland, Rhys Thomas, Lucy Montgomery, Amy Buscombe and Richard Everiss
Company
A funny, optimistic, fast-paced comedy drama full of jeopardy, Dodger is set before the events of Charles Dickens's iconic novel, Oliver Twist. There are some familiar characters and a whole gallery of colourful, new ones. Each episode is a standalone adventure brought together at the end of the series with some dramatic reveals and surprises.
Dodger follows the exploits of the infamous pickpocket, The Artful Dodger, and Fagin's gang as they find ingenious ways to survive the grim and exploitative conditions of early Victorian London in the 1830s.
The group of young misfits is led by Dodger and his pickpocketing partner-in-crime, Charley Bates, a girl from the countryside with a mysterious past. They are joined by Polly, Tang and Dodger's adversary in the gang, Tom. Together the orphans duck and dive their way through the criminal underworld, trying to make a better life for themselves, whilst satisfying Fagin's pickpocketing demands and avoiding the hangman's noose. The police are always just one step away with Sir Charles Rowan becoming increasingly obsessed about how to deal with the gang and catch Dodger.
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Single camera
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First broadcast
Sunday 6th February 2022 at 5:30pm on CBBC
Most recent repeats
- Sunday 22nd September 2024 at 6:10pm on CBBC - Episode 1
- Sunday 15th September 2024 at 6:10pm on CBBC - Episode 10
- Sunday 8th September 2024 at 6:10pm on CBBC - Episode 9