The Read
series currently in production
Returning Series
Seasons | 4
Episodes | 12
avg.Runtime | min
First EP | 2022-04-10
Last EP | 2025-02-02
Overview
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Creative performance readings of iconic British novels.
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Produced by
Rural Studios
Season List
season 1 || Series 1
Relesed on | 2022-04-10
A series of four creative performance readings of iconic British novels. Each episode is directed by exciting emerging talent.
1
The Lonely Londoners
2022-04-10
A creative performance reading of The Lonely Londoners that juxtaposes modern imagery and fascinating archive footage to reflect on how Sam Selvon's novel shaped the London of today.
2
On the Black Hill
2022-06-05
A performance reading of the abridged novel On the Black Hill, by Bruce Chatwin. Identical twin brothers grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home.
3
The Day of the Sardine
2022-11-06
A creative performance reading of a powerful novel of disaffection that charts a young man's uneasy passage into adulthood.
4
A Vision of Loveliness
2023-04-02
Performance reading of A Vision of Loveliness by Louise Levene. A darkly comic novel that reveals the seedy underbelly of London in the 1960s, rich with period detail.
CAST
charactor: Narrator
Original: Alex Kingston
Total EP: 1
charactor: Narrator
Original: Christopher Eccleston
Total EP: 1
charactor: Narrator
Original: Danielle Vitalis
Total EP: 1
charactor: Narrator
Original: Callum Scott Howells
Total EP: 1
charactor: Narrator
Original: Mark Benton
Total EP: 1
charactor: Narrator
Original: Liv Hill
Total EP: 1
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney