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'The Artful Dodger' Renewed for Third and Final Season
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Disney+ has renewed Australian scripted series "The Artful Dodger"
for a third and final season.

Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewlis and Maia Mitchell will
reprise their roles as Dr. Jack Dawkins, Norbert Fagin and Lady
Belle Fox, respectively, for the show's concluding chapter, which
will stream on Disney+ internationally and Hulu in the United
States.

Production is expected to begin in Sydney in the coming months.

The renewal follows the release of the show's second season and
what Disney describes as strong local and international viewership.

Season 2 is also nominated for best scripted comedy program at the
2026 TV Week Logie Awards.

Set in 1850s Australia, the series reimagines Charles Dickens'
famous "Oliver Twist" pickpocket Jack Dawkins as a respected
surgeon whose criminal past returns to complicate his new life.

The third season is expected to expand the scale of the show's
heists and action while continuing its mix of comedy, adventure and
romance.

Watson-Wheeler, senior vice president and managing director of
The Walt Disney Company Australia and New Zealand, said the final
season would take audiences "even further into the world of
'The Artful Dodger.'"

"Fans can expect even more twists and turns in this third and final
instalment," Watson-Wheeler said. "The renewal is a testament to the
quality of this show and everyone involved in making it."

Jo Porter, managing director of Curio Pictures and an executive
producer on the series, said the creative team was planning a more
ambitious final season.

"We love that audiences have embraced the show's unique blend of
adventure, humour and romance," Porter said. "We are planning for
this season to be even more ambitious, surprising and unpredictable."

Sony Pictures Television's Curio Pictures will return to produce the
series. Porter and Rachel Gardner will serve as executive producers
and producers, with Chris Martin-Jones returning as series producer.

Ben Young ("The Twelve", "Clickbait") and Ben C. Lucas
("The Survivors", "High Country") will return to direct.

BAFTA-nominated writer Andrew Knight ("Hacksaw Ridge", "Jack Irish",
"Rake") will lead the scripting team as an executive producer,
alongside script producer Dan Knight ("Irreverent"), who has written
across all three seasons. Andrew Knight previously served as
co-script lead and co-executive producer on the first season.

"The Artful Dodger" was co-created by James McNamara, David Maher
and David Taylor.

The first two seasons are currently streaming on Disney+ globally
and Hulu in the US.



<https://au.variety.com/2026/tv/news/the-artful-dodger-renewed-for-third-season-39146/>





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