Oliver Twist (2007 TV miniseries)

Oliver Twist is a 2007 British television adaptation of Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, written by Sarah Phelps and directed by Coky Giedroyc. It consists of five episodes, broadcast on BBC One fromtoDecember 2007. It aired on PBS Masterpiece Classic in the United States onandFebruary 2009, in two ninetyminute installments. In Australia, ABC1 also opted to air this series as a twopart special each Sunday at 830pm fromDecember 2009.

The adaptation makes several major alterations to the plot of the source material, which include both alterations of events as well as familial relationships.Rose Maylie is living with Mr Brownlow, and she addresses him as uncle, but explains that he is in fact her guardian who took her and her sister, Agnes, in when her mother died. Her sister has been missing for many years, and the search for her has been ongoing. Mr Brownlow is now a part of the overall family tree, since Edward Monks is made his grandchild. As in the book, Monks becomes aware that Oliver is his halfbrother, born to the missing Agnes who had a relationship with his father, and seeks to end his life so that there is no competition to his inheritance. As a result, Oliver is ultimately revealed to be Mr Brownlows grandchild, in addition to being Roses nephew and Monks halfbrother, as in the novel. Unlike the book, however, Monks is not an unattractive, nervous and cowardly epileptic, but a scheming, manipulative and attractive cad seeking engagement to Rose, who clearly doesnt like him. ........

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