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"Mary Shelley" (43 results)
A comprehensive documentary on the life and writings of Mary Shelley forms part of BBC Knowledge's Mary Shelley night marking the 150th...
Alice Roberts looks at an original manuscript of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' which exhibits Percy Shelley's edits.
The early relationship of Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley.
A dramatised exploration of the dream that caused Mary Shelley to imagine the story for 'Frankenst...
How Frankenstein's creation was sparked by Mary Wollstonecraft's elopement with her lover Percy Shelley. Stars Gerda Ste...
Tom Sutcliffe, Judy Simpson and Tom Watt on novels by Mary Shelley and Candia McWilliam.
The setting in which Mary Shelley first told the story of 'Frankenstein'.
An introduction to the life of Mary Shelley and the themes of 'Frankenstein'.
Alice Roberts discusses the intellectual backdrop to Mary Shelley writing 'Frankenstein'.
Alice Roberts discusses the setting in Geneva in which Mary Shelley first told the story of 'Frankenstein'.
Mary Shelley's gothic tale, dramatised for radio by Nick Stafford in two parts, starring Michael Maloney.
The Doctor and her gang arrive at the Villa Diodati at Lake Geneva in 1816 on the night that inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Music and drama event, live from Leeds in front of an audience of 12,000, which explores Mary Shelley's story through contem...
Robert Symes investigates the background to Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. Was her idea for creating human life based on fact...
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Shelley's Gothic story of a monster brought to life.
In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein manuscripts, Alice Roberts finds someone concerned with the act of creation itself and evidence of hus...
Alex Kingston breathes life into Mary Shelley’s timeless gothic horror story.
A discussion of the plot and themes of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'.
A discussion of the legacy of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'.
Mary Shelley's upbringing and the radical politics of her parents.
The influence of Victorian science on Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'.
Alice Roberts investigates Robert Walton's letters to his sister, which frame Mary Shelley's text.
The Victorian science that became an influence for Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'.
Andrew Graham-Dixon discusses the plot of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' and explains the ...
William Wordsworth, John Keats, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron and Percy Shelley express themselves with an epic pop ballad.
Peter Ackroyd, author of a new book ''The Case Book of Victor Frankenstein” in which Frankenstein is actually a friend of the Shelley's a...
Heart-breaking modern myth of obsession, pride and the need for love. Two part dramatisation starring Jamie Parker as Frankenstein.
A re-enactment of the moment that Frankenstein's monster is born.
An exploration of the extreme weather that was the backdrop to the creation of Frankenstein and the modern vampire.
With his original monster on the rampage, Frankenstein is forced by a crazed scientist to assemble a bride for the beast, by piecing her tog...
Condemned to death for a series of murders, Baron Frankenstein tries to convince his captors that the crimes were those of a strange half-hu...
Celebratory parody of the 1930s Frankenstein films as the doctor's grandson inherits the creepy old Transylvanian estate and makes his own monster.
The social and cultural background to ''Frankenstein'', explored through archive footage, readings and personal accounts.
Christopher Frayling continues his exploration of 19th century literary horror classics. He traces the origins of the nove...
BAC Beatbox Academy's hit show re-imagined for the screen with six talented young beatboxers interpreting Frankenstein and exploring how ...
Using film clips,drama sequences,interviews and radio extracts this prog traces the progress of the Frankenstein myth from 1818 to 1...
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Vitalism, an 18th and 19th century quest for the spark of life and the science behind Frankenstein.
Where did the 19th century writers of horror find the inspiration for their stories? Usually it was in a nightmare.Films examines the moment...
Sanchia Berg reports on the publication of the original Frankenstein text.
Benjamin Zephaniah joins Roger McGough, sharing a selection of poems from listener requests, including favourites by John Clare, Mary Jean...
An exploration of the extreme weather that was the backdrop to the creation of Frankenstein and the modern ...
John Polidori created the modern vampire in his novel 'The Vampyre', whic...
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