
Escape of the Artful Dodger
- 2001
- Ended
- Kids
- ~27m / ep
- 1 season
- 7.5/10
Escape of the Artful Dodger was an Australian children’s television series first screened on the Nine Network in 2001. Escape of the Artful Dodger is the story of Jack Dawkins, who was introduced in the classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. The Artful Dodger is a fast-talking, nimble-fingered young pick-pocket in London, whose voyage to Australia presents an opportunity to escape from his old life of being a crook, to become a hero.
Latest: Season 1 · 2001
View all seasonsE1. Jack in the Box
Sep 17, 2001
After helping Oliver return to his grandfather, Mr. Brownlow, Dodger is arrested and sentenced to be transported to the Australian colonies for seven years. Oliver too is sent to the colonies, to learn the family trading business. And so, together, they set sail on one of the Brownlow ships
E2. Welcome to the New World
Sep 24, 2001
The Dodger and Wild Will make a desperate break for freedom while Oliver and Hannah have problems of their own, upon arrival.
E3. Blamed and Framed
Oct 1, 2001
The Theatre finds itself experiencing hard times, while The Dodger remains determined to rescue Wild Will.
E4. Den Of Thieves
Oct 8, 2001
Hannah longs to find out what has happened to her brother, while the boys are pre-occupied by a gang of street-kids responsible for a minor crime-wave.
E5. The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Oct 15, 2001
The Dodger meets his match when a teenager on his way to university in England decides to employ his amatuer detective skills to do what Sergeant Bates has failed to do… track down the Dodger.
E6. The Spider's Web
Oct 22, 2001
Becky and Dr. Hartmann make a surprising discovery linking their theatre with the Artful Dodger, while Oliver and Hannah's guilt over their actions leads them into Fagin's power.
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