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The Darkness and the light

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

The second of two programmes exploring Victorian societythrough its literature.
Light. Having emerged from the grime of Dickensian London and the horrors of White Chapel, light-gas, electric, philanthropic and artistic - begins to stream through the window of the Victorian soul. Simon Callow , Geraldine James , Pamela Miles and Tim Pigott-Smith read from Florence Nightingale, Charles Darwin and Queen Victoria. ProducerPhiiipSeiiars

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Simon Callow
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Geraldine James
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Pamela Miles
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Tim Pigott-Smith
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Charles Darwin
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