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Actor Dominic Gerrard hosts an exciting new series that explores the Life and Times of Charles Dickens: his extraordinary novels, who he was as a person, his career as a performer, and his activism.
Guests include: Stephen Fry, Miriam Margolyes, Armando Iannucci, Alice Loxton, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Lucinda Hawksley, John Mullan, Pen Vogler, Andrew Davies, Rosie Holt, Bernard Cornwell .... and many more academics, writers, actors, directors and descendants of the great man himself!
Along side these interviews there are special Dickens readings from across his works ...
Thank you for listening 🔥
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- Headless Horsemen & Morphean Space: with Kirstin Mills · 38 minDominic is joined by the inimitable Dr. Kirstin Mills Senior Lecturer and Director of the Master of Research & Graduate Diploma of Research in the Faculty of Arts, at Macquarie…
- TO BE READ AT DUSK 📚: with Emily Middleton · 29 minThe ghostly episodes continue as Dominic welcomes back the inimitable Dr. Emily Middleton who helps piece together the scattered psychological fragments that create Dickens' To…
- The Lawyer and The Ghost: Read by Jonathan Broadbent · 8 minThis Halloween ... actor Jonathan Broadbent reads one of the interpolated ghost stories, from The Pickwick Papers In The Lawyer and The Ghost a somewhat disreputable young Lawyer…
- THE SIGNAL-MAN 📚: with John Bowen · 42 minDominic is joined by the inimitable Professor John Bowen who returns to this series to explore the hidden depths beneath the pages of one of Dickens' most iconic ghost stories…
- The Cock Lane Ghost: with Emma Clery · 47 minDominic is joined by the inimitable Prof. Emma Clery - author of The Rise of Supernatural Fiction 1762-1800 and Professor of English Literature at Uppsala University, Sweden…
- THE LAZY TOUR OF TWO IDLE APPRENTICES 📚: with Dr. Emily Bell · 52 minDominic is joined by the inimitable Dr. Emily Bell who guides the listener through the rollercoaster that is Charles Dickens & Wilkie Collins' Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices…
- THE BLACK VEIL 📚: with Andrew Smith · 44 minThis Halloween Dominic is joined by the inimitable Prof. Andrew Smith who guides us through Dickens' The Black Veil and his latest book Dickens and the Gothic (for Cambridge…
- HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!! 🎃 · 5 minHost Dominic announces a new series of Charles Dickens: A Brain on Fire! and shares some of his own personal stories of haunting HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!! Original cover headshot of…
- NO THOROUGHFARE 📚: with Emily Middleton · 39 minDominic is joined by Dr Emily Middleton who returns to guide us through Dickens' final Christmas Number ... No Thoroughfare. Written in collobration with Wilkie Collins in the…
- The Plays of Charles Dickens: Joanna Hofer-Robinson & Pete Orford · 38 minDominic is joined by the inimitable Dr. Joanna Hofer-Robinson and Dr. Pete Orford, for a lively discussion on their new publication The Plays of Charles Dickens . This is the…
- A TALE OF TWO CITIES 📚: with Céline Prest · 58 minDominic is joined by the inimitable Dr. Céline Prest who guides today's discussion on A Tale of Two Cities - one of the most gripping, exciting and heart-rending stories that…
- (Encore!) Copperfeld, Chuzzlewit ... Partridge? : with Armando Iannucci · 42 minAhead of a new series this month Dominic re-shares his popular interview with the inimitable Armando Iannucci! Armando is one of the leading comedy writers and political…
- NEW EPISODES for 2026 !!! 📚 · 2 minCharles Dickens: A Brain on Fire! will return in the summer ... In the meantime there are nearly 100 Episodes to enjoy with guests such as: Stephen Fry, Miriam Margolyes, Armando…
- Look Closer: with Robert Douglas-Fairhurst · 43 minDominic welcomes back one of the most celebrated guests of this series Professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst ... Robert’s latest book Look Closer: How to get more out of reading…
- The Muppet Christmas Carol: with Meredith Braun · 43 minThis Christmas Eve ... Dominic is joined by the inimitable Meredith Braun, who played Scrooge's love interest Belle - opposite Michael Caine (and Fozziwig!) - in Brian Henson's…
- THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH 📚 : with Lydia Craig · 55 minDominic is joined again by the inimitable Dr. Lydia Craig where they dive into Dickens' third Christmas Book, with readings from the award-winning actress Penelope Rawlins The…
- Dickens' Carol Manuscript : with Philip Palmer · 28 minDominic is joined by the inimitable Dr. Philip Palmer: Robert H. Taylor Curator & Department Head of Literary and Historical Manuscripts at the Morgan Library & Museum and…
- "Master Humphrey's Christmas": Read by Dominic Gerrard · 14 minDominic reads a quietly enchanting festive episode from “Master Humphrey’s Clock” by Charles Dickens. Master Humphrey is wandering the snowy streets, one 25th December, and…
- What Matters in Jane Austen & Charles Dickens? : with John Mullan · 41 minDominic is joined by returning guest, the inimitable Professor John Mullan: author of What Matters in Jane Austen? (now released in a 250th Birthday Edition) and The Artful…
- The War of the Worlds: with Jeff Wayne · 36 minDominic now to Jeff Wayne about the creation of his masterpiece The Musical Version of The War of the Worlds ... At time of recording this multiplatinum album has sold over 16…
