The Read

Season 3

Overview

Rediscover the books you thought you knew. Acclaimed actors combine with classic literature, breathing new life into iconic stories.

Episodes

1. 1984

Nov 17, 2024

A bleak dystopian future plays out before us as Royal Television Society award-winning actor Sacha Dhawan narrates George Orwell’s profoundly impactful and thought-provoking classic.

0.0 59 min

2. A Christmas Carol

Dec 22, 2024

Anne-Marie Duff performs an intimate reading of Charles Dickens’s timeless classic. Can the ghostly interventions salvage Scrooge’s soul?

0.0 73 min

3. Wuthering Heights

Jan 5, 2025

Emily Brontë’s timeless classic set against the haunting backdrop of the Yorkshire Moors and narrated by award-winning actor Vinette Robinson.

0.0 62 min

4. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Reece Shearsmith

Feb 2, 2025

Who is the real monster? Robert Louis Stevenson’s defining gothic horror explores alter egos in this captivating narration that reimagines the 19th-century classic.

0.0 64 min