Escape of the Artful Dodger

Escape of the Artful Dodger is an Australian children's television series first screened on the Nine Network in 2001. The plot is an epilogue to the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, portraying the character of Jack Dawkins in colonial New South Wales.^[1] While he remains a nimble-fingered young pickpocket, the "Artful Dodger" has been adapted slightly to be more appealing to younger audiences, behaving more llike a benevolent Robin Hood.^[1]

Escape of the Artful Dodger
Country of origin	Australia
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producers	Andrew Brooke Kris Noble
Producers	Roger Mirams Howard Rubie
Running time	24 min
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	17 September (2001-09-17) – 10 December 2001 (2001-12-10)

Plot

Having been deported to Australia along with fellow crook Will Grady while Oliver Twist and Hannah Schuller are on their way to join up with Hannah's brother Michael, Dodger and his new friends find themselves facing obstacles along the way, namely, the tyranny and cruelty of the corrupt Sergeant Bates.

Cast

• Luke O'Loughlin as Dodger
• Rowan Witt as Oliver Twist
• Brittany Byrnes as Hannah Schuller
• Simon Scarlett as Wild Will Grady
• Barry Langrishe as Sergeant Bates
• Mathew Waters as Scratch
• Henri Szeps as Dr. Hartman
• Phillip Hinton as Mr. Brownlow
• Maggie Blinco as Mrs Posset
• Kate Sherman as Becky
• Christopher Baz as Fagin
• Bill Conn as Mr Butterfield
• Aurora Voss as Kelly
• Shane Briant as Colonel Springs
• Richard Wilson as Lord Edward Tuxley
• Brian Rooney as Cedric
• Peter Whitford as Father O'Brien

See also

• List of Australian television series