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The Read

Creative performance readings of iconic British novels.

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First Aired on

Apr 10, 2022

3 seaons till May 12, 2024

Popularity: 7.6295
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Networks
(GB)
Production

Rural Studios

Status: Returning Series

In Production

Last episode: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Reece Shearsmith

Seasons & episodes

Total 3 seasons, 8 episodes

Series 1

A series of four creative performance readings of iconic British novels. Each episode is directed by exciting emerging talent.

Aired

4 Episodes
  • Episode 1The Lonely Londoners58 min

    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.

  • Episode 2On the Black Hill59 min

    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.

  • Episode 3The Day of the Sardine64 min

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

  • Episode 4A Vision of Loveliness57 min

    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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