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Dickens Confidential
- The Complete Series 1-2
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens, Jamie Glover, Jasmine Hyde, full cast
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction
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Summary
Charles Dickens was, for a time, editor of a daily newspaper. This series takes an imaginative look at how Dickens would have tackled bringing the news to the masses.
We follow Dickens the editor as he contends with railway crashes, gory deaths in the River Thames, having his editorial judgemnt scrutinised, working with tyrannical landowners, entering the murky worlds of opium and prostitution and, most tragically of all, investigating a child's death. He and his newspaper tackle financial plotting, encountering a young - and very secretive - Disraeli, and the prospect of war overseas.
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- Kim
- 22-12-19
I want more.
I'm very hard to please, I'm possibly too selective. A radio series or a book has to to exceptionally enjoyable for me to write a review. This is a very sideways, very modern look at Dickens as a newspaper part owner and editor. As with Dickens's books, it too explores issues of the day through news story investigations. Theres a thriller element to it, with a little action at times. With talk of Dickens's books and passion for writing throughout. I will listen to it again no doubt.
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