Hopkins portrayed Charles Dickens in the BBC television film The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens in 1970, and Pierre Bezukhov in the BBC's mini series War and Peace (1972), receiving the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in the latter.BFI Screenonline: Sherrin, Ned (1931–2007) Biography. BFI. Retrieved 19 January 2015
