Sign up to the MyStockport newsletter to keep up with all the top stories Stockport has gone back in time to the 1830s as filming on a new show depicting early Victorian London took place earlier this week.
Described as a ‘fast-paced comedy drama’, BBC’s The Dodger is set before the events of Charles Dickens’ iconic novel Oliver Twist.
The series will star Doctor Who’s Christopher Eccleston in the role of Fagin while Shameless actor David Threlfall will play Sir Charles Rowan, the Chief of Police. Read more: Incredible moment heroic dad-of-three, 54, rescues drowning fawn The family drama will also feature Billy Jenkins, Saira Choudhry, Ellie-May Sheridan, Connor Curren, Mila Lieu, and Sam C Wilson.
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