Biography of charles dickens bbc collection
Biography of charles dickens bbc collection
Biography of charles dickens summary...
A BBC radio collection celebrating Charles Dickens' life, work and influence
Charles Dickens was a literary giant, second only to Shakespeare in the ranks of England's greatest writers.
This extensive biographical collection looks at the man, his novels and his legacy to provide an all-round portrait of the much-loved author.
Michael Eaton's five-play cycle Dickens in London, starring Samuel Barnett, Alex Jennings and Antony Sher, explores Dickens' changing relationship with the city that fired his imagination.
His numerous achievements are discussed in Great Lives: Charles Dickens (featuring Armando Iannucci and Humphrey Carpenter) and In Our Time: Dickens (featuring Melvyn Bragg and guests). Sam West reads from Dickens' letters in Words and Music: Dickens's World; Simon Watts tells how the author's 1842 visit to the US became a turning point in his career in Witness History: Dickens in America; Ian Gillan takes a tour of Dickens' old home in Pride of