The Read (2022)
Synopsis
Creative performance readings of iconic British novels.
First Air Date: 2022-04-10
Last Air Date: 2025-02-02
Number of Seasons: 3
Number of Episodes: 12
Networks: BBC Four
Top Cast
- Alex Kingston as Narrator
- Christopher Eccleston as Narrator
- Danielle Vitalis as Narrator
- Callum Scott Howells as Narrator
- Mark Benton as Narrator
- Liv Hill as Narrator
Seasons
Series 1 (2022)
A series of four creative performance readings of iconic British novels. Each episode is directed by exciting emerging talent.
Episodes:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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