Follows the exploits of the infamous pickpocket, The Artful Dodger, and Fagin's gang as they find ingenious ways to survive the grim and exploitative conditions of early Victorian London in the 1830s.
Cast:Lucy Montgomery , Rhys Thomas , Ellie-May Sheridan , Billy Jenkins , Christopher Eccleston , Darcey Porter-Cassidy , Javone Prince , Mark Benton , Jane Horrocks , Aabay-Noor Ali , Mila Lieu , Connor Curren , Matthew Holness , Rufus Jones , Sam C. Wilson , David Threlfall , Lenny Rush , James Fleet
Young orphan Jack Dawkins escapes a mill owner's clutches; with the help of new friend Charley, they make it to London, where they first meet Fagin's gang of pickpockets.
Dodger poses as the long-lost son of a wealthy family with a view to robbing them, but things do not go to plan.
Tang is taken ill but there is no money to pay for her medical needs. Dodger gains a part in a theatre production.
An Egyptian mummy is unveiled during a show and when the gang see another sarcophagus they see an opportunity to make some money.
Nancy returns to Fagin's fold with plans for a high-end job that could make them legends in the criminal underworld.
The opportunity for some easy pickpocketing comes along when the carnival rolls into town but Polly and Tom end up fighting. Polly wakes to find herself in a strange predicament.
The gang get their hands on a printing press and decide to forge themselves a fortune.
The police up their search for Dodger and Chief of Police, Rowan is summoned before Queen Victoria. Fagin shuts himself away after his brush with the law and the outfit catch wind of a shipment at the docks, ripe for the taking.