MASTERPIECE CLASSIC | The Tales of Charles Dickens | PBS

[jinjaacq]

I remember a masterpiece classic promo that featured "Flower Duet" remix as the song. Anyone remember it or knows the clip i'm talking about?

[bob88pct]

I Love Little Dorrit and Claire Foy. ;)

[LoomaMounten]

3 or 4 of the people I just saw in that video are also in the Harry Potter series... wow lol. Look closely you'll see them. 

[ruairaidh]

I was only introduced to a handful of classics as a child so I am voraciously consuming them as an adult.  Dickens' work makes me uncomfortable at times, but I recognize their relevance, even today. If you haven't read them yet, I recommend the audiobooks at librivox(dot)com.

[hindaa11]

Little Dorrit is the best adaptations out of these, in fact the best period drama adaptation.

[rolyemoly]

does anybody know which verisions and wat movies r featured here? I wanna watch them but there r so many differnet verisions...

[Rachelmariaaa]

@rolyemoly I can´t find the ones that are featured except for Little Dorrit - watch out for L D part 1. Otherwise I found Great Expectations and David Copperfield which I can both very much recommend!

[Deader87]

Nice choice of music, it's strangely-fitting for a Dickens-video

[mareet83]

I heart montages of historical dramas with contemporary songs. More please! :D

[daffodil977]

sweet sugar plum fairies, William Miller (the kid who plays Oliver in Oliver Twist) is so darn cute!

[WoundedWolfgirl]

A few weeks ago in my Western Civ class at the college I go to, the teacher brought up Charles Dickens, and I was the only person who knew who he was. Weep for humanity.

[daffodil977]

@WoundedWolfgirl that is....despicable. I will most definitely weep for humanity. I will weep for their grades as well. Everyone, a moment of silence for the people-who-don't-know-Charles-­Dickens' grades...

[hindaa11]

@daffodil977

I totally agree, he is one of the best writers of all time, those people know nothing but Twilight and those artless Hollywood movies, what a shame!

[birinak]

@WoundedWolfgirl WHAAAAAAAAT? If you don't mind, what country is this? I know that most people in my classes wouldn't have read Dickens, but I thought that university-educated people would at least know who he was by name...? I'm sure that some students in my science classes, who grew up in non-Western high schools, wouldn't know him, but no one except you and in a humanities course? My parents were raised in Iran and they knew who Charles Dickens was. My father even read some of his novels.

[ubercarrots]

interesting song choice... but I love this more than I can possibly say :)

my mom bought me the set with little dorrit and oliver twist for christmas - by far the best gift I received this year :D

[1o951o8]

that version of Oliver Twist looks good...

[HJsMusicNotes]

Coldplay! And Darcy! :)

[dazze17]

Artist: Coldplay; track: Trouble

[Arsonloke]

whats the name of the song in this vid

[HJsMusicNotes]

@Arsonloke "Trouble" by Coldplay

[dazze17]

British drama at its best!

[BENebuchadnezzar]

my great great great grandfather apparently once saw Charles Dickens having a crap in an outside privy

[hcvang]

@BENebuchadnezzar The bloke in Robin Hood and Doctor Who: Human Nature/The Family of Blood is Charles Dickens' great great grandson...

[birinak]

@BENebuchadnezzar That's pretty awesome. Is it weird that I'm jealous of your great great great grandfather? Yeah, I think it is.

Don't you guys ever wish that you could go back in time for a short while, like a time-tourist, and have a look around? But I would want some kind of disease/accident immunity, cause there's no way I'd rely on 19th century medical care.

[ROCKSLIDZ]

@BENebuchadnezzar Sorry, but I have to ask... How did he know it was him??

[BENebuchadnezzar]

@ROCKSLIDZ I have no idea, Dickens was extremely famous, perhaps he was easily recognisable from newspapers and the such.

[piperfawn]

@ROCKSLIDZ LOL! RIGHT ON!!

[unclemort1960]

@BENebuchadnezzar they often say that great artists are often inspired by trips to the `privy`

[babybrown25]

that was really cool!! love little dorrit and david copperfield.

[looker768]

Was that an adaptation of "The Chimes" I just saw along with Oliver Twist.....

[mattfetzer]

i play him in our version of a christmas carol :)

[bongokhrusha]

harry potter actors in there and a lot

[jstthetwofus]

this clips rock i love master piese classic

[shaybean54]

loved little dorrit!!!!!!!

[localola86]

Coldplay's "Trouble" !!!!!

Little Dorrit is an amazing story, watch it!

[GirlintheMask421]

Daniel Radcliff (Harry Potter) plays Oliver =)

haha <3

[CancerousPiesRTasty]

no he plays david copperfield.

[jbyron1990]

what is the piece of music they are playing

[GuitaRocker2]

trouble- coldplay

lovely song.

[bcrocker33]

:03 poor mite.

[aclmk33]

which one is dan radcliffe???

[CancerousPiesRTasty]

david copperfield, :25

[GirlintheMask421]

Oliver - the little boy waving =)

[3minutefilms]

Help.me Interwebs! it seems very hard to find these videos on the PBS channel on you tube or pbs itself. I can only find Wee snippets, and only find whole episodes by perusing the "more from " and "related" links. Is there a listing of all the full episodes out there somewhere?

[bcrocker33]

i have found David Copperfield on here - just use key words dickens and david copperfield...i have never seen Little Dorrit and now want to.

[sweetmother2406]

If you haven't watched it yet, I found the full series on here with Spanish Subtitles under pequena dorrit. It was wonderful!

[hibs0102]

Little Dorrit was SO goood!!

[carrieluvv]

now THAT is a great cast ! Does anyone know if you can watch it anywhere online

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[Harmonyrocks1990]

I loved little dorrit

[1911sa]

i know. i watched masterpiece for the first time, and thought it was great. i thought all the actors were superb. claire foy is just great. she just sucks you in when watching her act. i hope she really goes places. cant wait for season of the witch to come out next year.

[neryux]

is that daniel raddcliffe?

[PBS]

Yes

[tigresst]

@neryux

Yes, Daniel played David in David Copperfield.

[nessaminyatur]

Little Dorrit is so good so far!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Harmonyrocks1990]

every time i hear this on pbs, i get CHILLS.

This is one of Master Pieces best seasons yet.

[windowmonkey08]

I love the David Copperfield movie!

[wutzernutzer]

Does anyone have the Masterpiece promo with Maroon 5's "She Will be Loved"? If you do please post!

[nico3212]

Great piece of work! This eloquently shows why the Teutonic world is fragmented today! Because of the deprivation towards the masses in education & more, where all they knew & were taught was how to run a machine! Completely cocooned from the rest of the Teutonic World (their kin) these people never got the chance to know brotherhood with other Teutons & their place in the world in reference to everyone else! Half of them in the US 2day dont know about their identity!

[CptHowdon]

Im sorry not to be insulting I dont see how that relates. Correct me if Im wrong.

[hannahmontanachloe]

Coldplay Trouble is the perfect song for the Charles Dickens series!Does anybody know when the second part of David Copperfield is going to air?

[Gir78623]

yea i NEED to know! the first part was sad and touching.

[Narnialover4]

I can't wait until May when "The Old Curiosity shop" comes out ,I do hope someone will upload it since my tv's broken

[sweet71b3]

can someone please download this series, i missed it, please it looks soooo good!

[Alice1155]

wow i love the song choice for this video really fits well w/ all the movies i LOVED oliver twist ... it was sooo good!

[GHJasamfan]

Matthew Macfadyen as Arthur Clennam.....can't wait for Little Dorrit!!!!!

[1prettydreamer]

I love all the Masterpiece Theater! Can't wait for episode 2 of Oliver Twist.

[cheesepuffs93]

does anybody know the song that was part of the commercial?

[PBS]

The answer to that question is further down in the comments.

[Cacaxa]

"Trouble" by Coldplay

[Alice1155]

its trouble by coldplay i love this song

[janeEyreAddict]

cant wait!!!

[GHJasamfan]

Can't wait for Little Dorrit to be aired in the US!!!  Love Matthew Macfadyen!!!

[ghostxxxrebirth]

i am so excited!

[nickthelight]

You are wise to be excited. This is one of the best period dramas the BBC has done in a long time. And I am not normally a fan of costume dramas. Enjoy.

[CarlyUTube]

Oh, I am! and no one does it better than Masterpiece Theater! Bleak House, Tom Brown's School Days that whole series they did on Jane Austen are just a few of my favorites.

[ghostxxxrebirth]

i got bleak house on dvd and i watched the entire thing in three days. it was amazing! and the jane austen season last year was completely amazing as well!

[CarlyUTube]

I just finshed watching the first part of Oliver Twist and It was what I hoped for and more. Loved it! Did you happen to see JANE EYRE? From Masterpiece. If you don't have that on dvd it is worth looking into. I can't wait to see part 2 of Oliver. Enjoy.

[nidesie]

the only thing I hated about the Oliver Twist I caught last nite was that they weren't airing the part 2 right there and then. Noooo! I want more! (On another note, the soundtrack to it was really interesting).

[KajiCarson]

Looks great!

[abbey31]

what song is that?

[PBS]

"Trouble" by Coldplay

[tashikiloo2]

I love Masterpiece Theater!

[CarlyUTube]

I will be watching this!