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2005Returning SeriesDocumentary

Synopsis

Join actress and Dickens enthusiast Miriam Margolyes on a 10-part journey that follows the route of Charles Dickens tour of the United States and Canada in 1842. It was this trip upon which he based his travel book, American Notes - a comic, critical record of the country's morals, flaws and fashions.

Episodes

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1. The Passage OutNow viewing2005-04-0530mMiriam Margolyes retraces the route of Charles Dickens' 19th century road-trip though America to find out what has changed in the USA since the great author's visit to the States - and what hasn't.
2. Boston2005-04-1230mAfter her transatlantic voyage she visits Boston's extraordinary School for the Blind - Helen Keller's alma mata.
3. New England2005-04-1930mThe Yale University Glee Club serenades Miriam Margolyes as she continues retracing Charles Dickens 's 19th-century road trip through America.
4. New York2005-04-2630mMiriam Margolyes continues retracing Charles Dickens's trip through America and finds herself going out on a night patrol with officers of the NYPD. She also visits Roosevelt Island, makes an unexpected discovery at the New York Public Library and is incarcerated in the notorious "Tombs" prison.
5. Philadelphia2005-05-0330mIn Philadelphia Miriam Margolyes finds a city obsessed with Charles Dickens. It still has the "solitary prison" he wrote about, a Dickens Society, a Dickens Drinking Club, his pet raven stuffed and mounted in the local library - and the only life-size statue of Dickens in the world.
6. Washington and Richmond2005-05-1030mMiriam Margolyes meets a pistol-toting Christian minister and prison inmates in Washington DC, "the headquarters of tobacco-tinctured saliva", according to Charles Dickens. There's also a tour of Virginia's tobacco factories.
7. Pittsburgh to Louisville2005-05-1730mMiriam Margolyes follows Dickens's trail inland 1,000 miles along the course of the Ohio River to Louisville, Kentucky, in the company of cowboys. Along the way she is taught how to improve her manners by an American etiquette instructor and attends the Kentucky derby.
8. The Midwest and St. Louis2005-05-2430mHaving sailed down the Ohio River on a Mississippi steamboat, Miriam Margolyes arrives in St Louis. She attempts to teach at a high school, visits the inspiration for Martin Chuzzlewit and meets the United Houma Indian Nation on a sacred burial ground.
9. Canada2005-05-3130mMiriam Margolyes crosses the American/Canadian border to meet obsessive Victorian collectors and learns what it took to be a 19th-century lady's maid. Plus a visit to Niagara Falls.
10. The Journey Home2005-06-0730mBefore regaling New York's Lincoln Center with anecdotes of her pan-American trip, Miriam Margolyes visits the Shaker community of Mount Lebanon and the army cadets of West Point Military Academy.

Cast

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Miriam Margolyes
Host
Nathaniel Parker
Voice of Charles Dickens

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How many seasons does Dickens in America have?

Dickens in America has 1 season and 10 episodes.

When did Dickens in America first air?

Dickens in America first aired in 2005.

Is Dickens in America still running?

Yes, Dickens in America is an ongoing series.

What genre is Dickens in America?

Dickens in America is classified as Documentary.