The Artful Dodger
Dickens's pickpocket grown up into a surgeon in colonial Australia, and still stealing on the side.
The Artful Dodger opens with a main title sequence of 5 seconds.
At 5 seconds, it opens well under the 50-second median for drama sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Disney+ in 2023, when The Mandalorian, Andor and Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
5sFan upload of the title sequence. Five seconds. The next result is Escape of the Artful Dodger, a different Australian series entirely.
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A different David Choe painting behind the title card of every episode, so the opening is a gallery hung one canvas at a time across the season.
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1 sequence
Industry
Twenty-two seconds of type and glass. A trading-floor show whose opening is over before you have settled, which is roughly how the job is depicted.
- Season 1