Oliver Twist (1985 TV serial)

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| caption = DVD cover with Eric Porter as Fagin

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| creator =

| based_on = {{based on|Oliver Twist|Charles Dickens}}

| writer = Alexander Baron

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| story =

| director = Gareth Davies

| starring = Lysette Anthony
Ben Rodska
Eric Porter
Michael Attwell
Godfrey James
Frank Middlemass

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| theme_music_composer = Dudley Simpson

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| num_episodes = 12

| producer = Terrance Dicks

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| runtime = 360 minutes

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| network = BBC1

| first_aired = {{start date|1985|10|13|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1985|12|29|df=y}}

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Oliver Twist is a 1985 BBC TV serial.{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ae7f035988ea44bb813814b4b46203ac|title=Oliver Twist|date=November 17, 1985|issue=3235|pages=44|via=BBC Genome}} It was produced by Terrance Dicks, directed by Gareth Davies, and adapted by Alexander Baron from the 1838 novel by Charles Dickens.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7d3c10ee|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603104415/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7d3c10ee|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 June 2018|title=Oliver Twist Part 5 (1985)|website=BFI}} This version follows the book more closely than any of the other film adaptions.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}