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On a stormy winter's night in a miserable, dank room lit only by a few candles, Oliver Twist is born into a life of poverty and misfortune. Growing up in a workhouse, patiently enduring torment and cruelty at the hands of the workhouse masters, Oliver decides he wants more and sets out for London. There he falls into the clutch of the evil Fagin and his twisted band of pickpockets, prostitutes and burglars, including the Artful Dodger, Nancy, and Bill Sykes. A chance encounter with Mr. Brownlow opens a new window of opportunity for Oliver, but there are those unknown to Oliver determined to ruin and destroy his life. Dickens's gallery of misguided and grotesque characters comes to life like never before in this new adaptation by one of British television's most exciting writers, Sarah Phelps.