Speaking to The Telegraph, Davis says:

“It’s another big epic story and I think people will be surprised that there is so much more to it than they maybe realise.”

“It’s an immensely powerful story about appalling levels of poverty and deprivation and how people transcend it, it’s about redemption and revenge and the extraordinary relationship between Jean Valjean and a little girl he brings up,” he says.

But viewers who are expecting another sing-along will be disappointed, as Davis has said that there will be no singing in his version – because he hated the recent film.

“I hated, particularly, the film of the musical because the singing was so appalling,” he says.

“And I did not really find myself bewitched by the stage musical, but then, so many people can’t be wrong.”

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