Oliver is born in a workhouse and his mother - who has been carried there in labour - dies giving birth to him. Oliver remains at the workhouse and his early years there in the care of Mr Bumble ...

Episode 1 audioEpisode 1 Oliver Twist Oliver's birth, early life in the workhouse and harsh treatment from Mr Sowerberry. Episode 2. audioEpisode 2 Oliver meets the Artful Dodger and joins Fagin's ...

Scholars have long debated the location of Oliver Twist's workhouse. Suggestions have been made that it was in Kent or even Northamptonshire ... Some were choked by the soot pouring into their eyes ...

When his mother dies after childbirth, the poor orphaned boy named Oliver Twist is taken in Mr Bumble's squalid workhouse to work his fingers to the bone. However, finding impossible to cope with ...