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News Chronicle Centenary

Date released

24 Jan 1946

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

46/7

NoS ID

100940

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Established 100 years "News Chronicle" founded as "Daily News" with Charles Dickens as editor, celebrates its centenary with dinner at Dorchester. Build-up of story includes pictures of London landmarks...

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Wired for Books: Peter Ackroyd (About Charles Dickens) (1991)

Subject

English language and literature

Peter Ackroyd, author of Dickens: Public Life & Private Passion, and Dickens’ London, speaks with Don Swaim in this 1991 interview about the life of Charles Dickens. According to Peter Ackroyd, Charles...

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Charles Dickens’ London (1987)

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Special

Charles Dickens’ London: Sean Street visits Dickens’ house in Doughty Street, Holborn, London, to find the reality of the Victorian city that inspired his work. Guide on tour: Alan Watts, Honorary...

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The American Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, by Charles Dickens - nd [1975-1986]

The American Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, by Charles Dickens. Read by Ben Kingsley. Adapted by radio by Roy Redford. [Box 7]

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Charles Dickens’ London (1987)

Sean Street visits the Dickens house in Holborn to find the reality of the Victorian city which inspired some of the great novelist’s work.

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Dickens’ House Comes Under the Hammer

Date released

17 Nov 1949

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

49/92

NoS ID

103186

Story no

1 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Bleak House, Broadstairs, where Charles Dickens wrote "David Copperfield" is up for sale.

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A Christmas carol (1984)

Genre

Fiction; Music; Serial

Reading of the final episode from A Christmas Carol, the popular story by Charles Dickens. Ends with choir singing the carol O Come All Ye Faithful. Male reader not identified (poss. Robert Stephens).

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1812 - 1870: IS WISIONS ABOUT?

Date released

14 Feb 1929

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1868

NoS ID

384422

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: A Dickens of a day at Deal [in Kent] - mangled memories of a great novelist (by courtesy of Dr. C. Carton). Charles Dickens birthday pageantry celebrations in England with people dressed as...

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Dickens Centenary

Date released

15 Jun 1970

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2141

NoS ID

028356

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dickens Centenary. DESCRIPTION: A special exhibition in London marks the centenary of Charles Dickens’ death. Manuscripts, illustrations, letter and first editions are included among...

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A Christmas carol (1984)

Genre

Fiction; Music; Serial

A reading from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, near the start of the book - from Ebenezer Scrooge returning home where a series of supernatural appearances begin. Ends with choir singing a Christmas...

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