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Charles Dickens: A Brain on Fire! 🔥 — 96 episodes

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NEW EPISODES for 2026 !!! 📚

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Look Closer: with Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

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The Muppet Christmas Carol: with Meredith Braun

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THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH 📚 : with Lydia Craig

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Dickens' Carol Manuscript : with Philip Palmer

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"Master Humphrey's Christmas": Read by Dominic Gerrard

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What Matters in Jane Austen & Charles Dickens? : with John Mullan

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The Cock Lane Ghost: with Emma Clery

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TO BE READ AT DUSK 📚: with Emily Middleton

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Headless Horsemen & Morphean Space: with Kirstin Mills

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The Lawyer and The Ghost: Read by Jonathan Broadbent

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THE BLACK VEIL 📚: with Andrew Smith

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!! 🎃

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The War of the Worlds: with Jeff Wayne

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Two Cities: with Jeff Wayne

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PICTURES FROM ITALY 📚: with Pete Orford

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The Manuscript at Staplehurst: with Leon Litvack

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OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 📚: with Leon Litvack

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Vincent Van Gogh: with Carol Jacobi

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The Verse of Charles Dickens: with Lydia Craig & Emily Middleton

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(Encore!) BLEAK HOUSE 📚: with Stephen Fry

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GEORGE SILVERMAN'S EXPLANATION 📚: with Emily Middleton

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George Silverman's Explanation (Audiobook): Read by Dominic Gerrard

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Pickwick's Legacy ...

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THE PICKWICK PAPERS 📚 : with Hugo Bowles

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A Tour of 48 Doughty Street: with Jordan Evans-Hill

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A Jane Austen Year ...

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Part Two) 📚 : with John Bowen

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Part One) 📚 : with John Bowen

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‘What Brutal Hand …?': with Lydia Craig

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THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST'S BARGAIN 📚 : with Lydia Craig

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The Christmas Illustrations: with Lucinda Hawksley

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The Gordon Riots: with Ian Haywood

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DROOD ...📚 And Our Endless Attempts To End It: with Pete Orford

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Mrs Dickens: with Emily Howes

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London Tide: with Ben Power

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"The Haunted Man" (Excerpt): Read by Tom Andrews

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“The Battle of Life” (Excerpt): Read by Rebecca Tanwen

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"The Cricket on the Hearth" (Excerpt): Read by Tom Bennett

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"The Chimes" (Excerpt): Read by Carlyss Peer

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Christmas Carols: with Harry Christophers & The Sixteen

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A Dickensian Christmas Dinner: with Pen Vogler

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"The Holly Tree" (Excerpt): Read by Chris Nayak

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The Lost Portrait: with Emma Rutherford

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"Christmas at Dingley Dell": Read by Gina Beck

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Charles Ignatius Sancho: with Paterson Joseph

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Palimpsest: with Céleste Callen

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The Haunted Actor: with James Swanton

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Stuffed (A History of Good Food and Hard Times in Britain): with Pen Vogler

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The Gunpowder Plot (from 'A Child's History of England') 📚 : Read by Dominic Gerrard

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Charles and Catherine: with Helena Kelly

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THE SIGNAL-MAN 📚: with John Bowen

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THE LAZY TOUR OF TWO IDLE APPRENTICES 📚: with Dr. Emily Bell

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The Shorthand Mysteries: with Dr. Claire Wood & Prof. Hugo Bowles

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Copperfield, Chuzzlewit ... Partridge? : with Armando Iannucci

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Dickens, Bergson & Time Travel: with Céleste Callen

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THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD 📚: with Pete Orford

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Dickens' Handwriting: with Emma Bache

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Paul Dombey's Wallpaper: with J.M. Varese

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The Mega Dickens Readalong: with Katie Lumsden

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Bleak Health: with Nicholas Cambridge

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Biddy: with Laurie Ogden

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OLIVER TWIST 📚: with Emily Bell

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Dickens Re-imagined: with Steven Knight

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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ..." A Tale of Two Cities (Chapter One): Read by Dominic Gerrard

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Great Adaptations: with Harry Lloyd

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UPROAR! with Alice Loxton

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THE BATTLE OF LIFE 📚: with Katie Lumsden

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Pip's Christmas Dinner: Read by Dominic Gerrard

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THE GOBLINS WHO STOLE A SEXTON 📚(Then Wrote a Carol & Rang A New Year In!) with Claire Wood

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL & Other Christmas Books 📚: with Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

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Rose Theatre A Christmas Carol: with Morgan Lloyd Malcolm

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HARD TIMES 📚: with Gage McWeeny

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"Implacable November weather ..." Bleak House Chapter One: Read by Dominic Gerrard

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Hulks, Convicts & Reform: with Anna McKay

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Dickens on Screen: with Andrew Davies

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The Dickens Code: with Hugo Bowles & Claire Wood

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Ghosts at 48 Doughty St: with Emily Dunbar

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The French Revolution: with Adam Zamoyski

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THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 📚: with Claire Wood

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Dickens and Travel: with Lucinda Hawksley

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BLEAK HOUSE 📚: with Stephen Fry

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"I called myself Pip" Great Expectations Chapter One: Read by Dominic Gerrard

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Waterloo: with Bernard Cornwell

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Dickens in Carrara: with Marzia Dati

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Grip: with Ravenmaster Christopher Skaife

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The Turning Point: with Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

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BARNABY RUDGE 📚: with John Bowen

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The Life and Lies of Charles Dickens: with Helena Kelly

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“I Am Born” David Copperfield Chapter One: Read by Dominic Gerrard

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Staplehurst: with Gerald Dickens

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS📚: with John Mullan

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Re-Reading A CHRISTMAS CAROL📚: with Rosie Holt

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Dickens' Women: with Miriam Margolyes

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Tim Carroll's A Christmas Carol

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Dickens and Christmas: with Lucinda Hawksley