Dickens Of London (1976)
A mini-series based on the life of Charles Dickens.
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Episode 1 - Mask
Release Date: 1976-09-28In MASK, Dickens, feverish in New York, relives his boyhood.
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Episode 2 - The Deed
Release Date: 1976-10-05In The DEED John Dickens escapes his creditors by going to London. Mrs Dickens decides to start a school.
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Episode 3 - Blacking
Release Date: 1976-10-12In BLACKING Charles starts work at Warren's Blacking factory.
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Episode 4 - Love
Release Date: 1976-10-19In LOVE Charles is making his way socially and as a Parliamentary reporter when he falls in love with Maria Beadnell.
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Episode 5 - Success
Release Date: 1976-10-26In SUCCESS Charles is frustrated in love and turns to the whore Desdemona.
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Episode 6 - Fame
Release Date: 1976-11-02In FAME Charles marries Catherine and Pickwick Papers begins publication.
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Episode 7 - Money
Release Date: 1976-11-09Pickwick Papers is a success and Charles starts on Oliver Twist. But Catherine cannot cope and Mary begins to replace her.
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Episode 8 - Possession
Release Date: 1976-11-16Friends question Charles' sanity because of his idolization of Queen Victoria.
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Episode 9 - Dreams
Release Date: 1976-11-23While traveling in America, Charles (Roy Dotrice) meets Edgar Allan Poe (Seymour Matthews).
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Episode 10 - Magic
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Episode 11 - Nightmare
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Episode 12 - Angel
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Episode 13 - Memories
Release Date: 1976-12-21In the concluding episode, Charles (Roy Dotrice) concentrates on writing "Martin Chuzzlewit" and works for social reform in England.