Margolyes: 'Charles Dickens still relevant today'

2 July 2012 Last updated at 04:59 ET Help

The "scandalous and sad" life of Charles Dickens is still relevant to contemporary society, according to the actress Miriam Margolyes.

Margolyes is touring with her one-woman show, 'Dickens' Women', in which she plays 23 of the author's 2000 characters, linking them to the real-life figures they were based on.

She told BBC Breakfast that the 'state of England' themes of Dickens' novels still resonate today.

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