Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist is a radio drama from Focus on the Family Radio Theatre directed by Paul McCusker and hosted by Dave Arnold. It is based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. It was released in November 2012

## Cast

Voice tracks were recorded in November 2011 at The Soundhouse LTD in London.

* Joseph Holgate - Oliver Twist
* Henry Goodman - Fagen
* Lee Boardman - Bill Sikes
* Honeysuckle Weeks - Nancy
* Roy Hudd - Mr. Bumble
* Geoffrey Palmer - Mr. Brownlow
* Jenny Agutter - Mrs. Maylie
* Harry Lloyd - Monks
* James Fox - Charles Dickens/Storyteller

### **Also Starring**

* John Baddeley - Mr. Giles/Parish Surgeon
* Robert Benfield - Grieving Father
* Ruby Bentall - Charlotte
* Nick Burnell - Police Officer
* Bernard Cribbins - Mr. Sowerberry
* Elizabeth Counsell - Mrs. Corney
* Wendy Craig - Mrs. Bedwin
* Hugo Docking - Charley Bates
* Mark Field - Dilber
* Jane Gambier - Oliver's Mother
* Jon Glover - Barney/Police Officer
* Peter Goodwright - Mr. Limbkins
* Christina Greatrex - Butcher's Wife
* Stephen Greif - Kags
* Roger Hammond - Dr. Losberne
* Michael Haughey - Bookseller
* Mark Heap - Noah Claypole
* Chris Larkin - Harry Maylie
* Harry Lawtey - Artful Dodger
* Archie Lyndhurst - Dick
* Polly March - Mrs. Sowerberry/Old Anne
* Robert Meadwell - Bailiff
* Joan Moon - Mrs. Pippin
* Cecily O'Neill - Mrs. Mann
* David Oakley - Jailer
* Eileen Page - Old Sally
* Cathy Sara - Distraught Mother/Susan
* Philip Sherlock - Mr. Grimwig
* David Simeon - Magistrate Fang
* Harry Smith - Older Boy
* Mervyn Stutter - Toby Crackit/Magistrate
* Richard Syms - Man In White Waistcoat
* Paul Webster - Magistrate Palmers
* Andrew Williams - Brittles/Hotel Clerk
* Finty Williams - Rose Maylie

### **Ensemble**

* Hannah-Jane Churchman
* Kate Fleur Young
* Lydia Rynne
* Polly March
* Michael Haughey
* Cathy Sara
* Christina Greatrex
* Nick Burnell
* Robert Benfield
* Robert Meadwell
* Harry Smith

## trivia

* In the original novel, Charlie Bates is referred to as "Master Bates," in the audio drama, he was instead referred to simply as "Charlie" due to "master bates" sounding like the sexual term "masturbates."
* Harry Lloyd, who voices Monks in this production, is the great great great grandson of Charles Dickins, who wrote the novel of Oliver Twist that this audio drama is based on.
* Nils Sjöberg, the daughter of Polly March, provided the voice of Mr. Brownlo's neighbour in the scene where Dr. Losbern takes Oliver to go to see Mr. Brownlow right after his recovery. Sjöberg went uncredited for this role for an unknown reason.
* =Dilber makes another appearence.
* In some editions of the CD release and on the Apple Music version, two extra videos are included
	+ Modern Day Oliver, which tells the stories of the struggles of abused children in the modern age and their struggles with the foster care system in both the UK and the United States
	+ Behind the Scenes, includes interviews with the various cast and crew members as well as footage on how the radio drama is produced.
* The fur used in helping to produce the dog collar sound is the same piece of fur used for Aslan's mane in The Chronicles of Narnia series.
* The dog walking sounds for Bullseye were produced by attaching guitar picks to leather gloves.