Season 2 Episode List
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Episode 1 - A Kestrel for a Knave
Release Date: 2023-09-17Christopher Eccleston narrates Barry Hines’s heartbreaking coming-of-age tale in this fresh take on a classic British novel.
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Episode 2 - Shakespeare Sonnets: A Modern Love Story
Release Date: 2023-10-29Some of the best-known love poems are weaved together to create a fresh contemporary story told by four lovers.
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Episode 3 - Frankenstein
Release Date: 2024-03-03Alex 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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Episode 4 - The Remains of the Day: The Read with Steve Pemberton
Release Date: 2024-05-12Heartbreak and longing are centre stage as BAFTA-winning actor Steve Pemberton narrates Kazuo Ishiguro’s contemporary classic.