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The Secret Life of Books

Series 1

Episode 2: Shakespeare's First Folio

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

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Series which uncovers the story behind the creation of six classic books. Simon Russell Beale looks at what we can learn from Shakespeare's First Folio. Show more

The Secret Life of Books

Series 1

Episode 3: Mrs Dalloway

Duration: 30 minutes

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

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Uncovering the stories behind the creation of six classic British books. Alexandra Harris shows how Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway re-imagined what a novel might be. Show more

The Secret Life of Books

Series 1

Episode 4: The Mabinogion

Duration: 29 minutes

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

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Cerys Matthews tells the story of one of the great literary treasures of the medieval world, The Mabinogion, ancient tales that were later translated from Welsh. Show more

The Secret Life of Books

Series 1

Episode 5: Jane Eyre

Duration: 29 minutes

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

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Series uncovering the story behind the creation of six classic books. Journalist Bidisha revisits Charlotte Bronte's classic novel after first reading it as a teenager. Show more

The Secret Life of Books

Series 1

Episode 6: Frankenstein

Duration: 29 minutes

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

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In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein manuscripts, Alice Roberts finds someone concerned with the act of creation itself and evidence of husband Percy's collaborative role. Show more

The Secret Life of Books

Series 1

Episode 1: Great Expectations

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

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Series which uncovers the story behind the creation of six classic books. Tony Jordan brings his writer's insight to Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. Show more