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Faulks on Fiction

Episode 4: The Villain

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Series on the brilliance of the British novel. Sebastian Faulks looks at villains in novels and how they have evolved over the last three hundred years. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Mary Sackville-West
Executive Producer:
Basil Comely
Director:
Adrian Sibley
Producer:
Adrian Sibley

Faulks on Fiction

Episode 3: The Snob

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Series on the brilliance of the British novel. Sebastian Faulks looks at how novelists from Jane Austen to Monica Ali have used snobs as their secret weapon. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Tim Lott
Participant:
Alain de Botton
Participant:
Alain de Botton
Participant:
John Carey
Participant:
John Carey
Director:
David Vincent
Director:
David Vincent
Series Producer:
Mary Sackville-West
Series Producer:
Mary Sackville-West
Executive Producer:
Basil Comely
Executive Producer:
Basil Comely

Faulks on Fiction

Episode 2: The Lover

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Series on the brilliance of the British novel. Sebastian Faulks looks at how literary lovers, from Mr Darcy to Nick Guest, have taught us the truth about love. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Helen Fielding
Participant:
Helen Fielding
Participant:
John Carey
Participant:
John Carey
Participant:
Alain de Botton
Participant:
Alain de Botton
Participant:
Simon Schama
Participant:
Simon Schama
Participant:
Alan Hollinghurst
Participant:
Rowan Pelling
Participant:
Alan Hollinghurst
Director:
David Vincent
Series Producer:
Mary Sackville-West
Director:
David Vincent
Executive Producer:
Basil Comely
Series Producer:
Mary Sackville-West
Participant:
Blake Morrison
Executive Producer:
Basil Comely
Participant:
Blake Morrison

Faulks on Fiction

Episode 1: The Hero

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Series on the brilliance of the British novel. Sebastian Faulks looks at how the ideas of heroism have evolved over the last 300 years, from Daniel Defoe to Martin Amis. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Ruth Rendell
Participant:
Ruth Rendell
Participant:
Simon Armitage
Participant:
Simon Armitage
Participant:
Martin Amis
Participant:
Martin Amis
Participant:
Boris Johnson
Participant:
Boris Johnson
Participant:
Robert Harris
Participant:
Robert Harris
Director:
Phil Cairney
Director:
Phil Cairney
Series Producer:
Mary Sackville-West
Series Producer:
Mary Sackville-West
Executive Producer:
Basil Comely
Executive Producer:
Basil Comely
Producer:
Phil Cairney
Producer:
Phil Cairney
Director:
David Vincent
Director:
David Vincent