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Season 2 – 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 2

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John Cooper-Clarke

Host

Nina Ramirez

Host

Nicholas Parsons

Host

Fiona Shaw

Host

John Sergeant

Host

Richard Bright

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 13, 2015 The Faerie Queene Dr. Janina Ramirez unravels Edmund Spenser's Elizabethan epic "The Faerie Queene" to reveal how this fantasy world of elves, nymphs and questing knights was written in the midst of the brutal Tudor occupation of Ireland. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 19, 2015 Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs Nicholas Parsons, a lifelong fan of Edward Lear, revisits the book that gave the world "The Owl and the Pussycat" to explore the fine line between joy and melancholy in Lear's writing. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 26, 2015 The Mill on the Floss Fiona Shaw explores the genesis of her all-time favorite book, "The Mill on the Floss," and discovers how the scandal that caused George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) to take a male pen name was also played out in the plot of her classic novel. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 2, 2015 Confessions of an English Opium Eater Performance poet John Cooper-Clarke explores Thomas de Quincey's autobiographical classic "Confessions of an English Opium Eater." Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 9, 2015 Cider with Rosie Joanna Trollope looks at how poet, novelist and screenwriter Laurie Lee blended fact and fiction in his elegy to a disappeared rural world. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 16, 2015 Swallows and Amazons Former journalist and keen amateur sailor John Sergeant takes to the water in the wake of the plucky young heroes of Arthur Ransome's "Swallows and Amazons." Details
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Season Info

Director
Maurice O'Brien
Executive Producer
Richard Bright
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Oct 13, 2015