I'd Do Anything (song)

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"I'd Do Anything" Introduced in the 1960 musical Oliver!
Written by	Lionel Bart
Published	1960
Language	English

For other uses, see I'd Do Anything.

I'd Do Anything is a song sung by various characters in the 1960 British musical Oliver! and the 1968 film version, Oliver! (film).

1 Song
2 BBC TV series
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Song

The song is part of Act One of Oliver!, and is sung in Fagins lair. It begins with spoken dialogue between Nancy and the Artful Dodger, soon leading into the song. Other characters who have lines in the song are Oliver, Fagin and Bet (Nancy's younger sister in the musical; her best friend in the 1968 film and in the original novel), with Fagin's Boys as chorus.

Dodger humorously starts pretending to be an upper-class citizen, along with Fagin, Oliver, Nancy, Bet, and the boys mocking high society.

[edit] BBC TV series

In 2007, the BBC announced a new reality television series I'd Do Anything, named after the song, would begin in 2008 to search for a new, unknown lead to play Nancy and three young performers to play Oliver in a West End revival of Oliver!.^[1]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ BBC Entertainment (2007-12-21). "BBC One announces its search for stars of Oliver!". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.

v • d • e Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Characters	Oliver Twist \| Bill Sikes \| Fagin \| Mr. Brownlow \| Nancy \| Rose Maylie \| Monks \| The Artful Dodger \| Charley Bates

Film adaptions	Oliver Twist (1948) \| Oliver! \| Oliver & Company \| Oliver Twist (1997) \| Twist \| Boy called Twist \| Oliver Twist (2005)

Other adaptions	Oliver! \| Fagin the Jew \| Oliver Twist (TV miniseries) \| Oliver Twist (TV serial)

Songs	"As Long as He Needs Me" \| "Consider Yourself" \| "Food Glorious Food" \| "I'd Do Anything" \| "Oliver!" \| "Where Is Love?" \| "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"