Celebrating Dickens
- Synopsis
- This documentary, presented by Professor John Mee, explores the life and career of Charles Dickens in his various guises: the author, the public performer, the philanthropist, the celebrity, the boy and the family man. Mee speaks with Dickens’ great-great-great-granddaughter, Lucinda Hawksley, author and screenwriter Andrew Davies, as well as academics and historians and visits various London locations associated with the novelist’s life and work, including Seven Dials, Smithfield Market, Bleeding Heart Yard and 48 Doughty Street - once Dickens’ home, and now home to the Charles Dickens Museum. The programme is wide-ranging and touches on Dickens’ childhood, relationships, family and how his personal life influenced his work, crime, law and order while historian Dr Sarah Richardson discusses Dickens’ representations of Victorian Britain. (44 minutes)
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2012
- Subjects
- English language and literature
- Keywords
- Dickens, Charles (1812-1870); London; novelists; Victorian life
Online availability
- URI
- http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/dickens/documentary/
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed
Credits
- Contributor
- Andrew Davies; John Mee
Sponsor
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