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The Read

 (2022)

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Season2
Series 2  
Outstanding performance readings of iconic British novels.
The Remains of the Day with Steve Pemberton
Episode 4 - 5-12-2024
Heartbreak and longing are centre stage as BAFTA-winning actor Steve Pemberton narrates Kazuo Ishiguro’s contemporary classic.
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The Remains of the Day with Steve Pemberton
Frankenstein
Episode 3 - 3-03-2024
Alex Kingston breathes life into Mary Shelley’s timeless gothic horror story. Young, gifted scientist Victor Frankenstein unwittingly creates a monster. Written more than 200 years ago, the classic masterpiece still resonates today as a tragic romance that examines the battle between ambition and morality.
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Frankenstein
Shakespeare Sonnets: A Modern Love Story
Episode 2 - 10-29-2023
Some of the best-known love poems are weaved together to create a fresh contemporary story told by four lovers.
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Shakespeare Sonnets A Modern Love Story
A Kestrel for a Knave
Episode 1 - 9-17-2023
Christopher Eccleston narrates Barry Hines’s heartbreaking coming-of-age tale in this fresh take on a classic British novel.
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A Kestrel for a Knave
Season1
Series 1  
A series of four creative performance readings of iconic British novels. Each episode is directed by exciting emerging talent.
A Vision of Loveliness
Episode 4 - 4-02-2023
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.
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A Vision of Loveliness
The Day of the Sardine
Episode 3 - 11-06-2022
A creative performance reading of a powerful novel of disaffection that charts a young man's uneasy passage into adulthood.
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The Day of the Sardine
On the Black Hill
Episode 2 - 6-05-2022
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.
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On the Black Hill
The Lonely Londoners
Episode 1 - 4-10-2022
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.
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The Lonely Londoners
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