Children | CHILDREN

Dominic Cooper reads Dickens' classic tale Oliver Twist. Dickens' timeless novel transports readers to a Victorian England filled with frightened orphans, grim workhouses and gangs of thieving children. Orphaned Oliver lives in a cold grim workhouse until the day he dares to ask for more food. Escaping to London, Oliver finds new friends and thinks he has a home at last. But his troubles are only just beginning. Oliver is soon in the clutches of the cunning master-thief, Fagin, and his gang of pickpockets: the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and Nancy. But eventually he finds a true friend. His happiness is short-lived however, as Fagin and the violent Bill Sikes are determined to drag Oliver back to a life of crime - can his friends protect him from people who rob and murder without mercy?