Classic books are considered with a fresh eye. Returning to the authors' original manuscripts and letters, expert writers and performers bring their personal insights to these great works.
In the new series of The Secret Life of Books, we explore another eclectic selection of literary masterpieces: a memoir of drug addiction, an epic Elizabethan poem, a collection of nonsense verse, a Victorian classic, a children's adventure tale, and a nostalgic hymn to rural life.
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The Secret Life of Books Airs: Monday
The Secret Life of Books Status: Ended
THE SECRET LIFE OF BOOKS - General Information
Series Premiere: September 02, 2014 Classification: Documentary Genre: Action | Documentary Network: BBC Four Airs: Monday at 08:00 pm Runtime: 60 Minutes
THE SECRET LIFE OF BOOKS - Season 1 -- 6 Episodes
1x1 -- Sep 02, 2014 -- Great Expectations 1x2 -- Sep 09, 2014 -- Shakespeare's First Folio 1x3 -- Sep 16, 2014 -- Mrs Dalloway 1x4 -- Sep 23, 2014 -- The Mabinogion 1x5 -- Sep 30, 2014 -- Jane Eyre 1x6 -- Nov 02, 2014 -- Frankenstein
THE SECRET LIFE OF BOOKS - Season 2 -- 6 Episodes
2x1 -- Oct 13, 2015 -- The Faerie Queene 2x2 -- Oct 19, 2015 -- Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs 2x3 -- Oct 26, 2015 -- The Mill on the Floss 2x4 -- Nov 03, 2015 -- Confessions of an English Opium Eater 2x5 -- Nov 10, 2015 -- Cider with Rosie 2x6 -- Nov 17, 2015 -- Swallows and Amazons
THE SECRET LIFE OF BOOKS - Season 3 -- 2 Episodes
3x1 -- Jul 04, 2016 -- Five Children and It 3x2 -- Jul 11, 2016 -- The Water-Babies