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Charles Dickens Commits Murder

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by RAYMUND FITZSIMONS with Joss Ackland as Charles Dickens
It is 1869. Dickens is on a farewell reading tour of Britain, and has returned to his house at Gad's Hill for the weekend. Though a sick man, he has chosen to add to his repertoire the murder of Nancy by Bill Sikes from Oliver Twist. He sits alone in his study rehearsing this most violent and demanding of all his readings. Music arranged and performed by GEORGE AND ISOBEL DEACON Producer JOHN KNIGHT BBC Bristol (R)

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Joss Ackland
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Charles Dickens
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Bill Sikes
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Oliver Twist.
Source: Radio Times

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