Seasons & Episodes
The Lonely Londoners
A creative performance reading of The Lonely Londoners that juxtaposes modern imagery and fascinating archive footage to
On the Black Hill
A performance reading of the abridged novel On the Black Hill, by Bruce Chatwin. Identical twin brothers grow up on a fa
The Day of the Sardine
A creative performance reading of a powerful novel of disaffection that charts a young man's uneasy passage into adultho
A Vision of Loveliness
Performance reading of A Vision of Loveliness by Louise Levene. A darkly comic novel that reveals the seedy underbelly o
A Kestrel for a Knave
Christopher Eccleston narrates Barry Hines’s heartbreaking coming-of-age tale in this fresh take on a classic British
Shakespeare Sonnets: A Modern Love Story
Some of the best-known love poems are weaved together to create a fresh contemporary story told by four lovers.
Frankenstein
Alex Kingston breathes life into Mary Shelley’s timeless gothic horror story. Young, gifted scientist Victor Frankens
The Remains of the Day: The Read with Steve Pemberton
Heartbreak and longing are centre stage as BAFTA-winning actor Steve Pemberton narrates Kazuo Ishiguro’s contemporary
1984
A bleak dystopian future plays out before us as Royal Television Society award-winning actor Sacha Dhawan narrates Georg
A Christmas Carol
Anne-Marie Duff performs an intimate reading of Charles Dickens’s timeless classic. Can the ghostly interventions salv
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë’s timeless classic set against the haunting backdrop of the Yorkshire Moors and narrated by award-winnin
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Reece Shearsmith
Who is the real monster? Robert Louis Stevenson’s defining gothic horror explores alter egos in this captivating narra
Persuasion
Bafta and Olivier Award-winning actor Monica Dolan gives a captivating reading of Jane Austen’s much-loved novel.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Steffan Rhodri (Gavin and Stacey, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) gives an enchanting reading performance of CS Le
The 39 Steps: The Read with John Hannah
Murder, conspiracy and espionage are the themes of John Buchan’s gripping novel, set against the backdrop of WWI, that
The Picture of Dorian Gray with Luke Thompson
Oscar Wilde’s haunting tale of beauty, vanity and moral corruption, where eternal youth comes at a terrible price. Luk