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Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 8 months

The true story of Frankenstein's monster and the woman who created him, Mary Shelley, using her own words and dramatic reconstructions of events in her life and from the novel. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Winston
Mary Shelley:
Lucy Davenport
Mary Woolstencraft:
Harriet Walter
William Goodwin:
Clive Merrison
Frankenstein's Monster:
David Schofield
Victor Frankenstein:
Ronan Vibert
Percy Bysshe Shelley:
Oliver Chris
Lord Byron:
Stephen Mangan
Claire Clairmont:
Amy Phillips
Producer:
Mary Downes
Executive Producer:
Kim Thomas

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