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📊 Series Specifications
Network BBC Four
Episode Runtime ~ min
Total Seasons 4
Total Episodes 16
Original Language EN
The Read (2022)
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Returning Series Series Status:
Currently airing weekly on international broadcast networks.
Synopsis
Creative performance readings of iconic British novels.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 (Series 1)
4 Episodes E1 The Lonely Londoners
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.
E2 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 farm in rural Wales and never leave home.
E3 The Day of the Sardine
A creative performance reading of a powerful novel of disaffection that charts a young man's uneasy passage into adulthood.
E4 A Vision of Loveliness
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.
Season 2 (Series 2)
4 Episodes
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Season 3 (Series 3)
4 Episodes
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Season 4 (Series 4)
4 Episodes
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