Oliver! (1968).

still-of-oliver-reed,-ron-moody-and-shani-wallis-in-oliver!-(1968)-large-pictureMusical starring Mark Lester, Ron Moody and Oliver Reed. Based upon the Dickens novel Oliver Twist, the story is of a orphaned boy named Oliver (what else?) who becomes a pickpocket under the tutelage of the elderly mentor, Fagin, and his gang of young pickpockets.

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The Village (BBC) episode 1. (SPOILERS).

In this series, we are introduced to Bert, the second oldest man in Britain who is being interviewed for a television show. Hence, we are transported back to the bygone age of pre-war Britain, a time illuminated before our eyes in tv programmes such as Downton Abbey. Well, if you wanted a ice-cream pudding with chocolate sauce that is Downton Abbey, then THE VILLAGE is not for you. This tells the story of life in a small Derbyshire village in 1914.

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