Charles Dickens England Pt1

In CHARLES DICKENSS ENGLAND Derek Jacobi takes the viewer around the most important places towns and cities that were the inspiration to some of the most famoussettings in literature. The film features Cooling Church in Kent used by the author in the opening chapter of Great Expectations Miss Havisham s house in Rochesterthe almost forgotten London Roman Baths used by David Copperfield Joe Gargeys cottage in Chalk the notorious Bowes Academy the harshest of the Yorkshire schoolsand now known to the world as Dotheboys Hall. From Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight and then on to numerous London locations from Chatham to Broadstairs fromFolkestone to Barnard Castle and then to St Georges Hall in Liverpool. Well over 100 locations are featured. Many of these such as 58 Lincolns Inn Fields whereDickens first read in public the All The Year Round offices in Covent Garden where he lived and worked and Gads Hill in Kent the last in a very long list of hishomes are not open to the public and their interiors have rarely been filmed.Part 1.Sir Derek Jacobi embarks on a journey through Dickens England to discover what remains of the colourful towns villages and streets immortalised in the Victorian authors literature. ... >>

Channel: veehd Video Length: 47m 50s Date Found: Sat, Nov 06 2010 3:01 AM Category: Educational Date Produced: View Count: 0