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Dickensian

★ 7.7 5K votes 2015–2016 1 season · 20 episodes Ended BBC One
Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 9/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 8/10Soap & telenovelaHeightened, continuing melodrama.This show: 7/10Class divideWealth, poverty and the gulf between them.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Tuppence MiddletonSophie RundleAlexandra MoenJoseph QuinnTom Weston-JonesStephen Rea
Starring
Tuppence MiddletonSophie RundleAlexandra MoenJoseph QuinnTom Weston-JonesStephen Rea
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
063125188250

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About

"Dickens's entire universe crammed onto one street"

Dickensian imagines a single Victorian London street where characters from many of Charles Dickens's novels all live as neighbors, their separate stories tangled together around one unsolved murder. It's soapy but handsomely mounted, mixing drawing-room intrigue, street-level poverty, and comic relief in a way that rewards knowing the source novels but doesn't require it. The pace is steady and episodic, closer to a costume soap opera than prestige drama, carried by strong ensemble performances and the pleasure of spotting familiar faces in unexpected combinations.

Watch it for

the novelty of watching Dickens's most famous characters collide in one shared story.

Maybe skip if

you want a tightly plotted single narrative rather than a sprawling ensemble soap.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Series 12015
7.63K2010h 16m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.17.3
24128 min
▶2Episode #1.27.4
19328 min
▶3Episode #1.37.4
16830 min
▶4Episode #1.47.6
16030 min
▶5Episode #1.57.5
14930 min
▶6Episode #1.67.5
14030 min
▶7Episode #1.77.6
14330 min
▶8Episode #1.87.4
13630 min
▶9Episode #1.97.6
13330 min
▶10Episode #1.107.3
13230 min
▶11Episode #1.117.6
11630 min
▶12Episode #1.127.3
12430 min
▶13Episode #1.137.6
11830 min
▶14Episode #1.147.8
11930 min
▶15Episode #1.157.6
12330 min
▶16Episode #1.167.9
13430 min
▶17Episode #1.177.6
11930 min
▶18Episode #1.188.0
12530 min
▶19Episode #1.197.7
11830 min
▶20Episode #1.207.9
14350 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Tuppence Middleton Amelia Havisham
Sophie Rundle Honoria Barbary
Alexandra Moen Frances Barbary
Joseph Quinn Arthur Havisham
Tom Weston-Jones Meriwether Compeyson
Stephen Rea Inspector Bucket
Robert Wilfort Bob Cratchit
Pauline Collins Mrs. Gamp
Jennifer Hennessy Emily Cratchit
Caroline Quentin Mrs. Bumble

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