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    Drama Kids TV TV Shows - 1960s 1 Min Read

    Oliver Twist

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    This early BBC adaptation of the legendary Charles Dickens novel starred 13-year-old Bruce Prochnik as Oliver, Max Adrian as Fagin, Melvyn Hayes as The Artful Dodger, Peter Vaughan as Bill Sikes and Carmel McSharry as Nancy.

    Shown in a Sunday teatime slot previously occupied by children’s serials, the murder of Nancy by Bill Sikes in the final episode shocked viewers and was the subject of huge protest from TV monitoring organisations. The Postmaster-General, Mr Bevins, called it “brutal and quite inexcusable” when speaking in the House of Commons.

    Oliver Twist
    Bruce Prochnik
    Fagin
    Max Adrian
    Artful Dodger
    Melvyn Hayes
    Bill Sikes
    Peter Vaughan
    Nancy
    Carmel McSharry
    Monks
    John Carson
    Mr Brownlow
    George Curzon
    Mr Bumble
    Willoughby Goddard
    Mrs Bumble
    Peggy Thorpe-Bates
    Charley Bates
    Alan Rothwell
    Mr Grimwig
    William Mervyn
    Mrs Maylie
    Noel Hood
    Harry Maylie
    John Breslin
    Noah Claypole
    Barry Wilsher
    Mrs Bedwin
    Madeleine Christie
    Rose Maylie
    Gay Cameron
    Dr Losberne
    Lloyd Pearson
    Tom Chitling
    Peter Furnell
    Mr Sowerberry
    Donald Eccles
    Mrs Sowerberry
    Barbara Hicks
    Toby Crackit
    Harry Landis
    Old Sally
    Aimée Delamain
    Brittles
    Aubrey Morris

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