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Oliver Twist 1985 2 and a half stars

    TV, 330 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gareth Davies
Cast: Ben Rodska, Eric Porter, Frank Middlemass, Scott Funnell, Lysette Anthony, Amanda Harris, Michael Attwell, Godfrey James, Brian Badcoe, Norman Rutherford, June Brown, Keith Campbell, Nicholas Bond-Owen, David King, David Garlick

  This is an enjoyable British TV miniseries based on Charles Dickens' tale about the experiences of street urchin Oliver (Ben Rodska). The evil Fagin (Eric Porter) tutors Oliver in the art of pickpocketing, and Oliver starts working the streets–until he finds out that he is entitled to a large inheritance.

Shadowlands 1985 3 stars

    TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: C.S. Lewis: Through the Shadowlands

Director: Norman Stone
Cast: Joss Ackland, Claire Bloom, David Waller, Rupert Baderman, Rhys Hopkins, Alan MacNaughtan, Tim Preece, Philip Stone, Norman Rutherford

  This well-executed biography/drama is based on the real-life romance of British writer C.S. Lewis (a confirmed bachelor) and American poet Joy Gresham (a divorcee). Remade in 1993.

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1. Oliver Twist (1985)
2. Shadowlands (1985)
aka: C.S. Lewis: Through the Shadowlands

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