The Secret Life of Books(2014)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2014-09-02
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 0.0
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Seasons: 2
Episodes: 12
Classic books are considered with a fresh eye. Returning to the authors' original manuscripts and letters, expert writers and performers bring their personal insights to these great works.
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Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
Great Expectations
Air Date: 2014-09-02
Great Expectations has often been considered one of Charles Dickens's greatest works. EastEnders screenwriter Tony Jo...
E02
Shakespeare's First Folio
Air Date: 2014-09-09
Actor Simon Russell Beale has dedicated most of his professional life to the work of one man: The Bard, William Shake...
E03
Mrs Dalloway
Air Date: 2014-09-16
English writer Virginia Woolf is one of the most fascinating novelists of the twentieth century. Presenter Alexandra ...
E04
The Mabinogion
Air Date: 2014-09-23
The Mabinogion is a collection of 11 ancient folk tales that is considered Wales' most important contribution to Euro...
E05
Jane Eyre
Air Date: 2014-09-30
Novelist Bidisha Mamata first read Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre when she was a teenager and was captivated by Jane's ...
E06
Frankenstein
Air Date: 2014-11-02
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has become synonymous monsters and the dangers of science without morals. Author and scie...
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