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Call the Midwife
A heartwarming tale of life in London's impoverished East End of the 50s, 60s and 70s.
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Great Expectations (2011)
Orphan Pip becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor.
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Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities
Dickens's classic story, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution
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Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett's tale of love, tyranny and rebellion dramatised by Helen Edmundson
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A House to Let
Marcia Warren stars in a tale of a woman who notes signs of life in a derelict house
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Mrs Dalloway
A woman struggles to come to terms with the feelings that a platonic friend has for her.
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The Magnificent Ambersons
The story of the rise and fall of a great American family, directed by Orson Welles.
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Hamlet
The Royal Shakespeare Company's modern-dress production of Shakespeare's great play.
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Small Island
Award-winning story of Jamaicans in postwar London with Naomie Harris and Ruth Wilson.
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Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
Dickens's classic tale about the turbulent childhood of orphan Pip. Starring Maggie Steed
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Little Dorrit
Adaptation of Dickens' story of love, honour, debt and hope in 1820s London.
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The Mayor Of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Helen Edmundson's dramatisation of Thomas Hardy's classic
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Sense and Sensibility (2008)
Adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel about the Dashwood family
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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Dramatisation of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic comic novel. Stars Emma Fielding.
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Oliver Twist
Timothy Spall and Tom Hardy star in Charles Dickens's tale of a young orphan boy.
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte's brooding tale of passion and resilience, starring Ruth Wilson.
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Breaking the Code
Factual drama about Alan Turing, the mathematical genius who cracked the Enigma code.
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Middlemarch
George Eliot’s epic story of rural life, social change and the complexities of marriage.
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Campion
Peter Davison stars as the gentleman sleuth, as seen in Margery Allingham's novels.
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Wuthering Heights
Dramatisation of Emily Bronte's haunting classic about doomed love and violent obsession.
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Elizabeth R
Glenda Jackson stars as Queen Elizabeth I in this dramatisation of her reign.
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Hamlet at Elsinore
1964 production of Shakespeare's famous play. Filmed in Elsinore, Denmark.
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Read by Sam Dale. Produced by Julian Wilkinson
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Charles Dickens Ghost Stories
A selection of the great author’s most chilling short works, read by Sir David Suchet.
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Read by Katherine Press. Produced by Anne Bunting.
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Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Read by Kenny Blyth. Produced by Ciaran Bermingham.
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The War of the Worlds by HG Wells
Read by Michael Bertenshaw. Produced by Martha Littlehailes.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll’s curiouser and curiouser tale of a girl discovering a strange new world.
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Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Mrs Gaskell’s much-loved portrait of life in a small town and its female inhabitants.
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Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf’s comic biography of a time-travelling hero who transforms into a heroine.
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The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Jack London’s tale of one dog's unbreakable spirit and survival in the Alaskan Klondike.
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The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Henry James’ chilling novella about a governess and two children on a haunted estate.
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The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
E Nesbit’s heart-warming story of three siblings hoping to be reunited with their father.
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The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
The landmark allegory about hypocrisy and corruption of power.
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The great American novel of the Jazz Age, read by Kyle Soller
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