History Series / Dickensian

* ContinuityLockout: If you don't know your Dickens, the first few episodes in particular will be ''very'' confusing.

* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:After kidnapping and drowning Amelia Havisham's dog, Compeyson buys an identical-appearing dog to replace it. She can't tell the difference.]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are over thirty named characters drawn from the books, plus original character Miss Biggitywitch and an unnamed messenger boy.

* RealityEnsues: Sorry, Arthur Havisham, but even if you felt guilty about it and ultimately turned on Compeyson, did you really think that your sister was going to forgive you after finding out that you were assisting a man who planned on cheating her of her money and leaving her at the altar? '''HaHaHaNo'''.

** Silas Wegg from ''Literature/OurMutualFriend'' has the hots for Mrs Gamp from ''Literature/MartinChuzzlewit'' and runs the Three Cripples pub from ''Literature/OliverTwist''; patrons include Scrooge from ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' and the [[''Literature/ThePickwickPapers Pickwick Club]].

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Silas Wick to Mrs Gamp.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the book Jacob Marley was just as miserly as Scrooge up until his death, but here he takes sadistic pleasure in hurting people and [[spoiler:sells orphans alongside Fagin]]. [[spoiler:Also, he tried to rape Emily Cratchit right before he died.]]

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Of all Dickens's works, interacting in unexpected ways. For instance, Silas Wegg from ''Literature/OurMutualFriend'' is running the Three Cripples pub from ''Literature/OliverTwist'', Amelia Havisham and Honoria Barbary are best friends, and so on.

* UnseenCharacter: Mrs Bucket. No, not [[Series/KeepingUpAppearances that one]].

* UnseenCharacter: Mrs Bucket.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the book Jacob Marley was just as miserly as Scrooge up until his death, but here he takes sadistic pleasure in hurting people and [[spoiler:sells orphans alongside Fagin]].

* EvilDetectingDog: Amelia's dog doesn't like Compeyson at all.

* CatharsisFactor: Arthur finally reepenting, bringing Compeyson to a meeting with himself, Jaggers and [[spoiler:Bill Sykes, who beats the living crap out of him until he signs a confession and delivers it to Amelia in person.]]

** Scrooge [[spoiler: first hears Marley's ghost long before Christmas, and long before seven years have passed]].

** Oliver [[spoiler: goes straight from the workhouse to the streets where he meets Dodger, without the apprenticeship to an undertaker]].

Dickensian is a 2015 drama on Creator/TheBBC based on the conceit that all Creator/CharlesDickens's characters lived in the same area of London at around the same time, which is at some point before the novels.

** Oliver [[spoiler: goes straight from the workhouse to the streets where he meets Dodger, without the apprenticeship to an undertaker.]].
** Scrooge [[spoiler: hears Marley's ghost long before Christmas, and long before seven years have passed]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?: Arthur suffers from this almost once an episode as Compeyson keeps revealing the new lengths he'll go to.

* {{Prequel}}: To the novels, most obviously in the way it works in the backstories to ''Literature/BleakHouse'' and ''Literature/GreatExpectations''.

* HappilyMarried: Bob and Emily Cratchit, desite their poverty, live as happy as can be.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Arthur Havisham is noticeably flustered by Compeyon's handsomeness.

* TheAlcoholic: Mrs Gamp.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Arthur Havisham.
* ArtfulDodger: The trope namer, of course.

* HappilyMarried: Bob and Emily Cratchit.

* MyLocal: The Three Cripples.

* NoNameGiven: The messenger boy is only listed in the cast list as "Boy". Likewise Little Nell's grandfather, who was never named in [[Literature/TheOldCuriosityShoppe the book]] either. The orphan befriended by Bucket is just credited as "Little Boy" in his first appearance, but is later revealed to be [[spoiler: Oliver Twist]].

* NoNameGiven: The messenger boy is only listed in the cast list as "Boy". Likewise Little Nell's grandfather, who was never named in [[Literature/TheOldCuriosityShop the book]] either. The orphan befriended by Bucket is just credited as "Little Boy" in his first appearance, but is later revealed to be [[spoiler: Oliver Twist]].

Created and co-written by former ''Series/EastEnders'' writer Tony Jordan, it takes a SoapOpera approach of multiple plot strands interacting, of which the main ones are the investigation of [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Jacob Marley]]'s murder by [[Literature/BleakHouse Inspector Bucket]] and [[Literature/GreatExpectations Merriweather Compeyson's seduction of Amelia Havisham]]. Other major characters include [[Literature/AChristmasCarol the Cratchits]], [[Literature/BleakHouse the Barbarys]], and [[Literature/OliverTwist Fagin's gang]]. A full character guide can be found [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1BV0vH2JsWR4hSsqdPpmwRk/cast-and-characters here]].

* NamedByTheAdaptation: Amelia Havisham, Merriweather Compeyson, and Frances Barbary are all provided with first names.