The Doctor Who alum will play Fagin, with David Threlfall cast as the chief of police, Billy Jenkins as the titular Dodger, and Saira Choudhry as Nancy on the 10-part family drama. "Set before the events of Oliver Twist, the show will follow the exploits of the infamous pickpocket, the Artful Dodger, and Fagin’s gang as they find ingenious ways to survive the grim and exploitative conditions of early Victorian London in the 1830s," reports Deadline of the series written by Rhys Thomas and Lucy Montgomery.
TOPICS: Christopher Eccleston, BBC, Dodger, Billy Jenkins, Charles Dickens, David Threlfall, Saira Choudhry, In Development, NBC Universal