About The Artful Dodger Season 1 – TV Series

The Artful Dodger Season 1 TV Series Details

The Artful Dodger is a 2023 television series produced by Sony Pictures Television’s Curio Pictures and Beach Road Pictures for streaming service Disney+. It is a spin-off featuring characters from the Charles Dickens classic book Oliver Twist (1838). It features Thomas Brodie-Sangster as the eponymous Artful Dodger and David Thewlis as Fagin. The eight-part series is created by James McNamara, David Maher and David Taylor. It is directed and produced by Jeffrey Walker. Also directing are Corrie Chen and Gracie Otto.

STORY

In 1850s Australia, Jack Dawkins, formerly a navy surgeon, establishes himself as a respected young surgeon in the colony. However, an old acquaintance, Fagin, resurfaces, forcing Jack, once a London-based pickpocket known as Artful Dodger, back into a life of crime. Jack forms an attachment to the governor’s daughter, who aspires to be a surgeon. As Jack’s past intersects with the present and external forces jeopardise his goals, the narrative unfolds, raising questions about whether he can genuinely reshape his life in the colony as he had envisioned.

CAST

Thomas Brodie-Sangster as the Artful Dodger, Jack Dawkins
David Thewlis as Fagin
Maia Mitchell as Lady Belle Fox
Damon Herriman
Miranda Tapsell
Huw Higginson
Susie Porter
Damien Garvey
Andrea Demetriade
Jessica De Gouw
Kym Gyngell
Luke Carroll
Tim Minchin
Lucy-Rose Leonard
Jude Hyland
Nicholas Burton
Finn Treacy
Albert Latailakepa

PRODUCTION

Development

The project was announced in 2022. The eight-part series is a co-production between Sony Pictures Television’s Curio Pictures and Beach Road Pictures. Jo Porter represents Curio Pictures as executive producer, while David Maher and David Taylor executive produce for Beach Road Pictures.

It is created by James McNamara, David Maher and David Taylor. Writers on the series include McNamara, Andrew Knight, Vivienne Walshe and Dan Knight, with Miranda Tapsell as a story consultant. It is produced by Jeffrey Walker, who is also a director alongside Corrie Chen and Gracie Otto.