The Read
The Read

The Read

2022 4 Seasons 16 Episodes ⭐ 0.0

Creative performance readings of iconic British novels.

Creative performance readings of iconic British novels.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Lonely Londoners

A creative performance reading of The Lonely Londoners that juxtaposes modern imagery and fascinating archive footage to

EP 2

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

EP 3

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

EP 4

A Vision of Loveliness

Performance reading of A Vision of Loveliness by Louise Levene. A darkly comic novel that reveals the seedy underbelly o

EP 1

A Kestrel for a Knave

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

EP 2

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.

EP 3

Frankenstein

Alex Kingston breathes life into Mary Shelley’s timeless gothic horror story. Young, gifted scientist Victor Frankens

EP 4

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

EP 1

1984

A bleak dystopian future plays out before us as Royal Television Society award-winning actor Sacha Dhawan narrates Georg

EP 2

A Christmas Carol

Anne-Marie Duff performs an intimate reading of Charles Dickens’s timeless classic. Can the ghostly interventions salv

EP 3

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë’s timeless classic set against the haunting backdrop of the Yorkshire Moors and narrated by award-winnin

EP 4

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

EP 1

Persuasion

Bafta and Olivier Award-winning actor Monica Dolan gives a captivating reading of Jane Austen’s much-loved novel.

EP 2

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

EP 3

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

EP 4

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

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