Charles Dickens's England is a feature documentary written and produced by David Nicholas Wilkinson, directed by Julian Richards and presented by Derek Jacobi.
Charles Dickens's England takes the viewer on a journey of important places, towns and cities that were the inspiration to some of the most famous settings in literature; Cooling Church in Kent used by Dickens in the opening chapter of Great Expectations; Miss Havisham’s house in Rochester; the London Roman Baths used by David Copperfield; Joe Gargery’s cottage in Chalk; the notorious Bowes Academy, the harshest of the Yorkshire schools now known to the world as Dotheboys Hall in Nicholas Nickleby.
[citation needed] In 2009, Charles Dickens's England was released in UK cinemas by Guerilla Films.
In 2009, an extended version of Charles Dickens's England was released on DVD in the UK by Guerilla Films.
[citation needed] Reviews of the film were largely mixed to negative, earning it a 25% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.