Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Writer Ian Rankin investigates The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, tracing Robert Louis Stevenson's story back to event...
The Secret Life of Books | Jane Eyre
Journalist Bidisha revisits Charlotte Bronte's classic novel after first reading it as a teenager.
Pride and Prejudice Revisited
Documentary exploring the enduring appeal of Jane Austen's classic mixture of romance, wit and scathing social satire.
The Secret Life of Books | Frankenstein
In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein manuscripts, Alice Roberts finds someone concerned with the act of creation itself and evidence of hus...
The inspiration for Frankenstein | In Search of Science
Brain Cox looks into the story and scientist that is thought to have influenced Frankenstein.
The Secret Life of Books | Great Expectations
Tony Jordan brings his writer's insight to Charles Dickens's Great Expectations.
Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas
Griff Rhys Jones reveals how Dickens created the idea of a traditional family Christmas through one of his best-known books, A...
Archive on 4 | The Many Faces of Ebenezer Scrooge
Christopher Frayling explores how Charles Dickens's classic A Christmas Carol has endured in popular culture for over 170 y...
Beyond Belief | A Christmas Carol
Tiny Tim's 'God bless us, every one!' is the rousing conclusion to Charles Dickens' festive fable A Christmas Carol. But what is the Christ...
In Our Time | A Christmas Carol
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Charles Dickens' celebrated story of Scrooge's redemption.
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