Oliver Twist

Having endured a miserable and brutal childhood, Oliver is sold to a local undertaker where his mistreatment forces him to escape to London. Once in the capital, he is welcomed into the seductive world of pick-pocketing by the criminal underworld and, before long, is in deep trouble with the Law. On arrival in London, Oliver meets The Artful Dodger and is welcomed into the colourful and seductive world of Fagin and his gang. He meets the terrifying Bill Sikes and the beautiful Nancy, and before long Dodger is teaching Oliver 'the graft'. Oliver is horrified when he realises what this means and, when Dodger picks the pocket of an elderly gentleman (Mr Brownlow), Oliver runs and is wrongly arrested. In Court, he is sentenced to hang, but Brownlow gets there just in time to exonerate him.

Rose continues her search for Oliver, but is discovered by Monks, who immediately tells Brownlow of her secret mission. Brownlow deeply regrets having driven Rose's sister Agnes and his own son Robert from the house ten years earlier, when he discovered their love affair, and hopes one day to be reunited with them and their son. And though she too longs for a reunion, Rose's immediate concern is for Oliver. Later Monks reveals his true colours to Rose, when he asks her to marry him, and threatens her with destitution should she refuse.