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The Read

Season 1 2022 - 2023

  • 2022-04-10T19:00:00Z on BBC Four
  • 42m
  • 3h 58m (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
A series of four creative performance readings of iconic British novels. Each episode is directed by exciting emerging talent.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

2022-04-10T19:00:00Z

1x01 The Lonely Londoners

Series Premiere

1x01 The Lonely Londoners

  • 2022-04-10T19:00:00Z58m

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.

2022-06-05T19:00:00Z

1x02 On the Black Hill

1x02 On the Black Hill

  • 2022-06-05T19:00:00Z59m

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.

2022-11-06T20:00:00Z

1x03 The Day of the Sardine

1x03 The Day of the Sardine

  • 2022-11-06T20:00:00Z1h 4m

A creative performance reading of a powerful novel of disaffection that charts a young man's uneasy passage into adulthood.

2023-04-02T19:00:00Z

1x04 A Vision of Loveliness

1x04 A Vision of Loveliness

  • 2023-04-02T19:00:00Z57m

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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