When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with ...

Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch "Oliver Twist" right now, here are some particulars about the BBC One show. Originally premiering December 18th, 2007, "Oliver Twist" ...

Brit writer-director Neil Bartlett not only manages to shake Lionel Bart's melodic songs out of one's head in his sensational stage adaptation of "Oliver Twist," he makes the audience rethink Dickens' ...

Charles Dickens Oliver Twist: Melodrama. Adapted from the novel and directed by Neil Bartlett. (Through June 24. Berkeley Repertory s Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison St., Berkeley. Two hours, 20 minutes.

What with all the brouhaha "Slumdog Millionaire" has stirred up - the denigration of India, the whole notion of "poverty porn" - it's good to get back to basics. "Oliver Twist" premieres tonight on ...

"Oliver! Oliver! Never before has a boy wanted more." In Episcopal High School's production of "Oliver!," Charles Dickens's classic novel turned Broadway musical, the audience couldn't have asked for ...

An orphan becomes part of a gang of London thieves led by notorious Fagin. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Episode 1. Having endured a miserable and brutal childhood, Oliver is sold to a local ...

A classic story of a poor boy that deals with the seedy underbelly of the criminal world. This version of Oliver Twist was originally produced for BBC One in 2007.