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The Secret Life of Books Clips

1. Prof Alice Roberts recounts Mary Shelley’s conception of Frankenstein at the Villa Diodati, Geneva—Series 1, Frankenstein

   Duration: 02:51

2. Professor Alice Roberts explores Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein—Series 1, Frankenstein

   Duration: 02:26

3. Cerys Matthews recites the popular tale of Branwen and her unfortunate marriage to the King of Ireland—Series 1, The Mabinogion

   Duration: 01:52

4. Bidisha visits the Brontë family home at Haworth—Series 1, Jane Eyre

   Duration: 02:57

5. Bidisha recalls her teenage enthusiasm for Jane Eyre—Series 1, Jane Eyre

   Duration: 02:07

6. Television scriptwriter Tony Jordan recognises the enduring fascination with the writing of Charles Dickens—Series 1, Great Expectations

   Duration: 02:30

7. Simon Russell Beale performs ‘To be or not to be’ from Hamlet, in a version culled from different editions of the play.—Series 1, Shakespeare's First Folio

   Duration: 02:59

8. What we can learn from Shakespeare's First Folio?—Series 1, Shakespeare's First Folio

   Duration: 01:41

9. The timeless appeal of the tales of The Mabinogion—Series 1, The Mabinogion

   Duration: 01:37

10. Cerys and Prof Thomas Charles-Edwards look at The Red Book of Hergest—Series 1, The Mabinogion

    Duration: 02:17

11. Alexandra Harris examines the first draft of Mrs Dalloway, then titled The Hours—Series 1, Mrs Dalloway

    Duration: 03:18

12. Simon Russell Beale examines the 1623 printed volume of Shakespeare’s First Folio of plays—Series 1, Shakespeare's First Folio

    Duration: 02:41

13. Bidisha and Ann Dinsdale examine Brontë’s ‘fair copy’ of Jane Eyre at the British Library—Series 1, Jane Eyre

    Duration: 03:52

14. Prof Alice Roberts examines Percy Shelley’s annotations to Mary Shelley’s manuscript—Series 1, Frankenstein

    Duration: 03:23

15. Tony Jordan discusses Dickens’ manuscript for Great Expectations with Dr Holly Furneaux—Series 1, Great Expectations

    Duration: 04:17

16. Tony Jordan visits Dickens’ home in Higham, Rochester, Kent where he wrote Great Expectations—Series 1, Great Expectations

    Duration: 01:33