Escape of the Artful Dodger (Scripted, English)
Genres: Adventure, Children
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2001-09-17
Ended: 2001-12-10
Network: Nine Network
Country: AU
Airs on: Monday
Air time: 21:00
Runtime: 30 minutes
Set in 1832, Escape of the Artful Dodger picks up where Charles Dicken's novel "Oliver Twist" left off. It follows the life and adventures of Jack Dawkins aka the Artful Dodger as he is transported to Australia for 7 years. He wants a new life and a new start... On the ship Pride of Erin, Oliver is also aboard, being accompained by Hannah, who has come from Hamburg, Germany to find her brother Will who is already in Australia as her parents are now dead. But on the voyage she finds out that the Captain is planning on framing the Dodger for a crime he is going to committ, as they escape from the ship all the adventure and danger begins...