As someone else headlined, this program should not work, but it does, and beautifully. Drawing characters from at least a half dozen Dickens works into a single universe, and shaping a very Dickensian Victorian social melodrama/murder mystery would seem to be a formidable undertaking, particularly when juggling so many separate narratives. First rate production values, excellent writing and superb performances (Stephen Rea's Bucket is just wonderful) made this one of the very few truly must-see series I've come across.
I could not figure out whether this was: A) intended to be a limited series, or B) only Season 1 of something that did not get renewed. There was a loose tying up of a few narratives, but if it was B, what a shame - so many possibilities for a continuation.
Review of Dickensian
