Armando's Tale of Charles Dickens

Synopsis

Armando Iannucci presents a personal argument in praise of the genius of Charles Dickens. Through the prism of the author's most autobiographical novel, David Copperfield, Armando looks beyond Dickens - the national institution - and instead explores the qualities of Dickens's work that still make him one of the best British writers. While Dickens is often celebrated for his powerful depictions of Victorian England and his role as a social reformer, this programme foregrounds the elements of his writing which make him worth reading, as much for what he tells us about ourselves in the twenty-first century as our ancestors in the nineteenth. Armando argues that Dickens's remarkable use of language and his extraordinary gift for creating characters make him a startlingly experimental and psychologically penetrating writer who demands not just to be adapted for television but to be read and read again.

Main Cast

Armando Iannucci

Self

Age : 61 | Popularity : 37%

Anthony Arlidge

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Presenter	Armando Iannucci
Production	Producer	Deborah Lee
	Executive Producer	Basil Comely
	Production Manager	Marian Lacey
Directing	Director	Deborah Lee
Camera	Camera Operator	Sam Alkadi Brendon Easton
Department	Role	Name

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