Oliver is born into poverty and misfortune - the son of an unmarried mother, who dies shortly after his birth. He is soon delivered to the workhouse, where the cruel Mr. Bumble oversees children tormented by starvation and suffering. When Oliver dares to ask for more gruel, he finds himself cast out and forced to make his own way in the world...

Gregor Fisher, Edward Fox, Tom Hardy, Timothy Spall, Sophie Okonedo, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Morven Christie, William Miller, Sarah Lancashire, Nicola Walker, Adam Arnold, John Sessions, Michelle Gomez, Rob Brydon, Anna Massey, Connor Catchpole, Paul Chahidi, Anton Saunders, Edward Tudor-Pole, Ruby Bentall