Wednesday, December 17, 2025

“The Artful Dodger”



"The Artful Dodger", the Australian-produced live-action TV series, 
created by James McNamara, David Maher and David Taylor. "...exploring the adult double life of Charles Dicken's famous prince of thieves...", stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewlis and Maia Mitchell, streaming Season 2, February 10, 2026 on Hulu and Disney+:


"...'Jack Dawkins' aka 'The Artful Dodger', whose fast pickpocketing fingers have turned into the skilled hands of a surgeon, lives in 1850's Australia, in the lively colony of 'Port Victory'.


"But his 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. 


"From heists to life-and-death surgeries to the harsh realities of the criminal world mingling with the middle ground and gentry, this is a tale of reinvention, betrayal, redemption and love with a twist...."


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