Celebrating the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens

Scene of the 1922 adaptation of Oliver Twist, directed by Frank Lloyd. Courtesy of the BFI

Dickens on Screen

The largest retrospective ever staged of film & TV works based on or inspired by Charles Dickens, ‘Dickens on Screen', is now showing at London’s BFI Southbank, and will soon embarking on a UK and world tour. Read more

Dickens and London at the Museum of London

Dickens and his beloved city

The Museum of London is running the first major exhibition on Dickens in the UK for over 40 years. 'Dickens and London' explores the intimate relation between Charles Dickens and the English capital until June 2012. Read more

Portsmouth celebrates son

Dickens’s hometown is organising a year-long programme of activities to mark the bicentenary of its most famous son. Read more

Charles Dickens Museum reopens

After a two-month closure for refurbishment, the Charles Dickens Museum - based at Dickens’s only surviving London home - is now open to enthusiasts from around the world. Read more

British Council's global celebration

Spanning over 50 countries, the British Council will engage audiences overseas with Charles Dickens and contemporary British creative talent through a programme of film, exhibitions, readings, theatre and educational events. Read more

Dickens's birthday celebrations planned on 7 February

The world celebrates Dickens's birthday

To mark the bicentenary day on 7 February, a fantastic range of celebrations will take place all over the world, from Australia to Zimbabwe. Read more

Film, TV & Radio

Retrospectives, new adaptations and more to hit big and small screens around the world

Literature & Education

Inspiring new generations and discovering talent through Dickens

Exhibitions

Dive into Dickens’s world, his work and the places he loved

Theatre & Performing Arts

Victorian classics are revitalised and step onto modern stages

Festivals & Outdoors

Gathering together to celebrate a very special birthday

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.

A word in earnest is as good as a speech.

Injustice breeds injustice

Accidents will occur in the best regulated families

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another

Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some

The sun does not shine upon this fair earth to meet frowning eyes, depend upon it.

Treachery don't come natural to beaming youth; but trust and pity, love and constancy,--they do, thank God!

Charles Dickens Bicentenary Commemoration at Westminster Abbey

A public wreathlaying ceremony will take place on 7 February 2012 at Dickens's resting place

About Dickens 2012

Dickens 2012 is an international celebration of the life and work of Charles Dickens that marks the bicentenary of his birth.

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Top Authors 'Update' Dickens

Eight UK contemporary writers will consider ‘What Would Dickens Write Today?’ in a three-day seminar in Berlin (26-28 January 2012) organised by the British Council in UK and Germany. Speakers include AS Byatt, David Nicholls, Claire Tomalin, John Burnside, Louise Doughty, Philip Hensher, Denise Mina and Toby Litt. Follow all the action and discussions on the day live! Visit website