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The Artful Dodger

A Disney and Curio Pictures Co-Production

Creators: James McNamara, David Maher & David Taylor
Executive Producers: David Maher, David Taylor, Jo Porter
Co-Executive Producers: James McNamara, Andrew Knight, Jeffrey Walker
Producer: Ross Allsop
Writers: James McNamara, Andrew Knight, Vivienne Walshe, Dan Knight, Miranda Tapsell
Directors: Jeffrey Walker, Corrie Chen, Gracie Otto

Released: November 29, 2023 (Disney+/Hulu)

The Artful Dodger is an irreverent follow-up to Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist”. Set in 1850s Australia, in the lively colony of Port Victory, Jack Dawkins aka The Artful Dodger, has transferred his fast fingers as a pickpocket to the nimble skilled fingers of a surgeon. Dodger’s past returns to haunt him with the arrival of Fagin, luring him back into a world of crime. A greater threat — to Dodger’s heart — is Lady Belle, the Governor’s daughter, determined to become the colony’s first female surgeon. (8x45min)