The Read(2022)

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4 Seasons

Overview

Creative performance readings of iconic British novels.

Episodes

The Lonely Londoners
Ep 1

The Lonely Londoners

A creative performance reading of The Lonely Londoners that juxtaposes modern imagery and fascinating archive footage to reflect on how Sam Selvon's novel shaped the London of today.

10/04/202258 min
On the Black Hill
Ep 2

On the Black Hill

A performance reading of the abridged novel On the Black Hill, by Bruce Chatwin. Identical twin brothers grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home.

05/06/202259 min
The Day of the Sardine
Ep 3

The Day of the Sardine

A creative performance reading of a powerful novel of disaffection that charts a young man's uneasy passage into adulthood.

06/11/202264 min
A Vision of Loveliness
Ep 4

A Vision of Loveliness

Performance reading of A Vision of Loveliness by Louise Levene. A darkly comic novel that reveals the seedy underbelly of London in the 1960s, rich with period detail.

02/04/202357 min

Show Info

StatusReturning Series
NetworkBBC Four
TypeScripted