The Read — Season 3
Rediscover the books you thought you knew. Acclaimed actors combine with classic literature, breathing new life into iconic stories.
About this season
Rediscover the books you thought you knew. Acclaimed actors combine with classic literature, breathing new life into iconic stories.
Episodes (4)
1. 1984
Aired 17 November 2024 • 59 min
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.
2. A Christmas Carol
Aired 22 December 2024 • 73 min
Anne-Marie Duff performs an intimate reading of Charles Dickens’s timeless classic. Can the ghostly interventions salvage Scrooge’s soul?
3. Wuthering Heights
Aired 5 January 2025 • 62 min
Emily Brontë’s timeless classic set against the haunting backdrop of the Yorkshire Moors and narrated by award-winning actor Vinette Robinson.
4. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Reece Shearsmith
Aired 2 February 2025 • 64 min
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.