The Artful Dodger
"The Dodger is in."
Overview
It's a tale of reinvention, betrayal, redemption, and love with a twist. Jack Dawkins is The Artful Dodger, whose pickpocketing fingers have become the skilled hands of a surgeon. He is torn between an impossible love and the criminal underworld he secretly craves. This will require Artfulness.
Thomas Brodie-Sangster plays a former petty thief who trades his pickpocketing past for a career as a surgeon in 1850s Australia. The show shifts the focus from juvenile street crime to the gritty, high-stakes medical environment of colonial Sydney.
This drama balances the technical tension of 19th-century surgery against the pull of a criminal underworld that never fully lets go of its veterans. It captures a specific flavor of historical reinvention where the tools of a thief are repurposed to save lives, forcing the lead character to constantly choose between professional legitimacy and the adrenaline of his previous life.
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- First Aired
- November 29, 2023
- Status
- Returning Series
- Origin
- AU
- TMDB Votes
- 229