The Read (2022)

Name: The Read
Released: 2022-04-10

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Creative performance readings of iconic British novels.

Episodes

Seasons & Episodes

Series 1 Series 2 Series 3 Series 4

E1 - The Lonely Londoners

Apr 10, 2022 - 58m

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

Jun 5, 2022 - 59m

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

Nov 6, 2022 - 1h 4m

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

Apr 2, 2023 - 57m

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.