Friday 27 November, 12:55am - 1:55amon BBC Four HD

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Dickens on Film

From the magical films of the silent era to the celebrated work of director David Lean and high definition television, this documentary revisits films and interviews from the archive to answer the question of why Dickens's novels have inspired so many hundreds of adaptations on screen.

Category
Biography / Documentary / Art / Arts/crafts
Original air date
10/01/2012