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The Read

Series 2

The Remains of the Day: The Read with Steve Pemberton

Duration: 1 hour, 1 minute

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 6 months

Heartbreak and longing are centre stage as BAFTA-winning actor Steve Pemberton narrates Kazuo Ishiguro’s contemporary classic. Show more

The Read

Series 2

Frankenstein

Duration: 1 hour, 4 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 3 months

Alex Kingston breathes life into Mary Shelley’s timeless gothic horror story. Show more

Contributors

Alex Kingston:
Alex Kingston
Producer:
Julie Colman
Composer:
Billy Lambert
Executive Producer:
Grant Black
Production Company:
Rural Media

The Read

Series 1

On the Black Hill

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 2 months

A performance reading of the abridged novel On the Black Hill, by Bruce Chatwin. Identical twin brothers grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home. Show more

Contributors

Young Benjamin:
Alifi Cadillac-Cox
Young Lewis:
Nino Cadillac-Cox
Older Benjamin:
Mark Charles
Older Lewis:
Josh Harrison
Old Lewis:
Paul Colman
Composer:
Alex Fraser
Producer:
Sara Allen

The Read

Series 1

The Lonely Londoners

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 2 months

A creative performance reading of The Lonely Londoners that juxtaposes modern imagery and fascinating archive footage to reflect on how Sam Selvon's novel shaped the London of today. Show more

Contributors

Production Designer:
Phoebe Platman
Director of photography:
Simona Susnea
Executive Producer:
Grant Black
Director:
Yero Timi-Biu

The Read

Series 1

The Day of the Sardine

Duration: 1 hour, 4 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 15 days

A creative performance reading of a powerful novel of disaffection that charts a young man's uneasy passage into adulthood. Show more

Contributors

Arthur Haggerston:
Mark Benton
Commissioning Editor:
Stephen James-Yeoman
Executive Producer:
Grant Black

The Read

Series 1

A Vision of Loveliness

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 4 months

Performance reading of A Vision of Loveliness by Louise Levene. A darkly comic novel that reveals the seedy underbelly of London in the 1960s, rich with period detail. Show more

Contributors

Janey James:
Liv Hill
Jane James:
Ellen Penrose
Executive Producer:
Grant Black
Producer:
Julie Colman
Production Company:
Rural Studios

The Read

Series 2

A Kestrel for a Knave

Duration: 1 hour, 4 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 2 months

Christopher Eccleston narrates Barry Hines’s heartbreaking coming-of-age tale in this fresh take on a classic British novel. Show more