Charlie Chaplin rose from the hard streets of Victorian London to become one of the world’s most beloved comedians. With his threadbare jacket, baggy trousers and puzzled expression, his ‘Little Tramp’ alter ego was shaped by his London childhood – a place of ribald variety shows and hard drinking, radical politics and desperate poverty.

Weaving through Chaplin’s rags-to-riches story are the lives of music hall stars, political reformers and George Tinworth, a neighbour of Chaplin’s mother, a poor wheelwright who became a nationally renowned sculptor. Hardship was the norm, but talent, determination and luck could bring opportunity and success.

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