Free Your Imagination: Books on the BBC
Free Your Imagination: Books on the BBC
This year the BBC will be celebrating books, in all their forms, by inviting audiences to free their imagination through the exploration, enjoyment and discussion of 'Books on the BBC'.
Highlights from the season this week
Book at Bedtime: Mathilda
- Weekdays 10.45pm BBC Radio 4
This weeks book is Mary Shelley's Mathilda.
The Book Cafe
- Monday 1.15pm BBC Radio Scotland
Join Clare English for a literary treat with new writing and favourite authors.
A Good Read
- Tuesday 4.30pm BBC Radio 4
Rageh Omaar and Stephanie Calman talk to Sian Williams about their favourite books.
Bible's Buried Secrets
- Tuesday 9pm BBC Two
3/3 Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou visits the place she claims is the real Garden of Eden.
Women in Love
- Thursday 9pm BBC Four
- More:
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2/2 Two sisters develop relationships with two friends in the aftermath of World War One.
Find out more about the programmes in the season
Documentaries
Stephen Fry, Sebastian Faulks, Armando Iannucci, Melvyn Bragg, Richard E. Grant and more, investigate books and authors as diverse as the Bible and Dickens. Find out more
Debate
Experts and book-lovers offer reviews and opinions about books, new and old, on television and radio. You can also take part in the discussion yourself with The Radio 2 Bookclub. Find out more
Events
World Book Night, Oxford Literary Festival, The BBC Samuel Johnson Prize For Non-Fiction, The Man Booker Prize and the BBC National Short Story Award will all be celebrated with a variety of programmes. Find out more
TV Drama
Enjoy your favourite authors adapted for television, including Sebastian Faulks, Charles Dickens, DH Lawrence, Michel Faber, Winifred Holtby and Kate Atkinson. Find out more
Films
Award-winning BBC Films presents the UK television premières of The Edge Of Love, a portrait of Dylan Thomas and the women in his life, and Brideshead Revisited, based on Evelyn Waugh's acclaimed novel. Find out more
About the season
IN BRIEF
Free Your Imagination: Books on the BBC - a major season of programmes focusing on literature on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four and BBC Radio 4.
CHANNELS
Available now on BBC iPlayer
Women in Love
1/2 Two sisters struggle with love, passion and commitment in the build…
Bible's Buried Secrets
Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou examines how archaeological discoveries…
Christopher and His Kind
One-off drama chronicling the formative years of novelist Christopher…
Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds
A live event combining drama and music inspired by Mary Shelley's gothic…
A Good Read
Special guests discuss their favourite books.
More books on the BBC
TV Blog:
Women In Love
Adapting DH Lawrence's famous novels.
Frankenstein's Wedding...
Live in Leeds
Watch exclusive video diaries and find out about the event.
I'm one of The Culture Show's best new British novelists.
Evie Wyld on being featured in the programme.
Lanark by Alasdair Gray
Slideshow featuring Gray talking about the inspiration he drew from Glasgow.
Radio 4 Books and Authors Podcast This podcast features Open Book and Bookclub programmes.
Radio 4 Author Interviews Collection Listen to interviews with the authors of the 25 World Book Night titles.
TV Blog: Best New Novelists
Alex Clark explains how the judges chose the final 12 novelists.
TV Blog: South Riding
Read about one of the greatest literary heroines.
TV Blog: Faulks On Fiction
Series producer Mary Sackville-West explores classic characters in literature.
Authors Live: Webcasts
Watch webcasts with authors including Michael Rosen and Jacqueline Wilson.
BBC News: King James Bible
How it changed the way we speak.
Radio 4 Classic Chandler
Toby Stephens talks about playing Philip Marlowe.
BBC News Magazine
How children's war fiction has changed.
In Their Own Words: British Novelists Interviews with remarkable modern writers from the BBC Archive.
More seasons on the BBC
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