Next Episode of The Read is
Season 4 / Episode 1 and airs on 18 December 2025 20:00
A series of four creative performance readings of iconic British novels. Each episode is directed by emerging talent from the New Creatives scheme.
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.
Anne-Marie Duff performs an intimate reading of Charles Dickens's timeless classic. Can the ghostly interventions salvage Scrooge's soul?
Emily Brontë's timeless classic set against the haunting backdrop of the Yorkshire Moors and narrated by award-winning actor Vinette Robinson.
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.
Bafta and Olivier Award-winning actor Monica Dolan gives a captivating reading of Jane Austen's much-loved novel.
Step into the magical world of Narnia with CS Lewis's beloved fantasy classic brimming with adventure, courage and Turkish Delight.
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