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Season 1 – The Secret Life of Books

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Examining original texts, manuscripts, letters and diaries to find the story behind classic books.
The Secret Life of Books — Season 1

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Alice Roberts

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Cerys Matthews

Host

Bidisha

Host

Ben Ryder

Director

Richard Bright

Executive Producer

Allan Campbell

Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 2, 2014 Great Expectations Tony Jordan brings his writer's insight to Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations." Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 9, 2014 Shakespeare's First Folio Actor Simon Russell Beale examines what can be learned from Shakespeare's "First Folio." Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 16, 2014 Mrs Dalloway Author Alexandra Harris shows how Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway" completely re-imagined what a novel might be. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 23, 2014 The Mabinogion Singer-songwriter Cerys Matthews tells the story of the Mabinogion, one of the literary treasures of the medieval world. Details Episode 5 Aired Sep 30, 2014 Jane Eyre Journalist and novelist Bidisha brings a fresh and critical eye to a classic work; one of literature's most memorable heroines is reassessed. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 2, 2014 Frankenstein Professor Alice Roberts finds evidence Mary Shelley's husband helped her with "Frankenstein." Details
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The Secret Life of Books — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Ben Ryder, Minoo Bhatia, Morag Tinto
Executive Producer
Richard Bright
Network
BBC
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Sep 2, 2014