Jon Mee
Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies at the University of York
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureBritish novels adapted into filmsBritish novels adapted into television showsBritish novels adapted into playsNovels adapted into operasNovels adapted into balletsVictorian novelsBritish novellasChapman & Hall booksNovels set in LondonBooks illustrated by Arthur Rackham1840s fantasy novels, Ghost novelsNovels about time travelNovels set in the 19th centuryEnglish poetry collections
A Christmas Carol
From Bah Humbug to God Bless Us Every One: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Charles Dickens' story of Scrooge's salvation by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet To Come.
16 December 2021
Also featuring: Juliet John, Dinah Birch
CultureNovels adapted into balletsVictorian novelsBritish novels adapted into television showsBritish novellasBooks illustrated by Arthur Rackham1840s fantasy novels, Ghost novelsBritish novels adapted into filmsNovels adapted into operasChapman & Hall booksNovels about time travelNovels set in the 19th centuryNovels set in LondonBritish novels adapted into plays19th centuryBookSongs of Innocence and of Experience
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Blake's illustrated collection of poems, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul.
23 June 2016
Also featuring: Jonathan Bate, Sarah Haggarty