Oliver's Twist

Genre: Leisure Arts
Movie Type: Lifestyle Show, Cooking & Food
Director: Brian Klein
Release Year: 2002
Country: UK
Run Time: 30 minutes

Plot

Jamie Oliver of The Naked Chef fame was the star of this London-based cooking show. In keeping with the outrageousness of his previous TV efforts, celebrated gourmand Oliver pulled out all the stops in his newest endeavor, opening the program by inviting three sexy girls into his kitchen for a "cooking lesson" (wink-wink, nudge-nudge). Later episodes found Oliver trading food tips, insults, and single entendres with a number of British and American celebrities. Oliver's Twist was seen in the U.S. courtesy of the Food Network beginning May 14, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jamie Oliver - Host/Instructor

Credit

Brian Klein - Director, Simon Willis - Producer

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Director: William J. Cowen
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Genre: Drama
Movie Type: Melodrama
Themes: Orphans
Main Cast: Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel, William "Stage" Boyd, Doris Lloyd, Barbara Kent
Release Year: 1933
Country: US
Run Time: 70 minutes

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Based on Dicken's classic novel, this is the first sound version of the oft-filmed tale of a plucky orphan who struggles to survive on the rough, unforgiving London streets. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Dickie Moore - Oliver Twist
Irving Pichel - Fagin
William "Stage" Boyd - Bill Sikes
Doris Lloyd - Nancy Sikes
Barbara Kent - Rose Maylie

Alec B. Francis - Brownlow; George K. Arthur - Toby Crackit; Clyde Cook - Chitting; Sonny Ray - Artful Dodger; George Nash - Charlie Bates; Lionel Belmore - Bumble; Tempe Piggott - Mrs. Corney; Nelson McDowell - Sowerberry; Virginia Sale - Mrs. Sowerberry; Bobby Nelson - Noah Claypole; Harry Holman - Grimwig

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William J. Cowen - Director, Carl Pierson - Editor, Roy Hunt - Cinematographer, I.E. Chadwick - Producer, Elizabeth Meehan - Screenwriter, Charles Dickens - Book Author

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This is for the television cooking show Oliver's Twist. For the similarly-named novel by Charles Dickens, see Oliver Twist.

Production
Oliver's Twist
Format	Cooking
Created by	Fresh One Productions
Starring	Jamie Oliver (host)
Country of origin	UK
No. of episodes	52
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original run	2002 – present

Oliver's Twist is a television series featuring chef Jamie Oliver. Following the popularity of his first TV series, The Naked Chef, he began producing Oliver's Twist to be aired outside the UK.[1] The show became a success, being aired in over 70 countries and skyrocketing Oliver's global popularity.

Production

The show was produced by Oliver's own production company, Fresh One Productions, and there are 52 episodes in total. The Series Producer was Simon Willis and the show was filmed in London. All music for the show was composed by Leigh Haggerwood and the Oliver's Twist theme song has proved very popular. The song was featured in a performance by Jamie's own band, Scarlet Division, in an episode of the series.

Content

The show typically opens with an introduction tell the story behind the episode, usually why and for whom Jamie will be cooking for. After the intro sequence, Jamie is usually seen riding about London on his trademark scooter, gathering food for the meal he will be preparing. This part of the show set to a different song in each episode. After arriving back at his flat, the rest of the episode is dedicated to his preparation of the meal, sometimes accompanied by the guests he is cooking for. The end of the show is, naturally, everybody eating the meal, although on occasion it includes a music performance if he is cooking for a band.

Unlike in The Naked Chef where he frequently speaks to a person off-camera and acts as though he were not being filmed, Oliver presents the show directly to the camera, or speaks with guests he has with him, in Oliver's Twist.

Trivia

The name of the programme is a pun on the title of Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist.
Scarlet Division, the band Jamie Oliver had been the drummer of since 1989, created the theme song for the show.

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