Oliver Twist When Oliver Twist asks for more food, it changes his life forever. He flees his dreary life in the workhouse, but enters a much more dangerous place - the dark streets of London. Oliver is soon in the clutches of Fagin and his gang of pickpockets, before eventually finding a true friend. But his happiness is short-lived as Fagin and the violent Bill Sikes are determined to drag Oliver back into a life of crime . . .