Charles Dickens at the BBC 2discs

Written by Charles Dickens

Read by Alex Jennings, Robert Lindsay, Simon Cadell, Sir Ian McKellen, Full Cast

Format: MP3

Bitrate: Mixed

Dramatization

 collection of BBC radio adaptations of the works of Charles Dickens.

This contains multiple series which either have never been released to buy or are no longer available.

As is so often the case with classic stories, the Beeb have adapted some of them many times. Usually, but not always, tightening up the pace for modern audiences. I have included the most recent adaptations and the preceding one if I have it. Some of the older serials are more than twice the length of their modern counterparts.

23 full cast adaptations and 1 unabridged reading (A Christmas Carol).

1836 - Sketches by Boz - 1999 -

1836 - The Pickwick Papers - 1977 -

1836 - The Pickwick Papers - 1997 -

1838 - Oliver Twist - 1994 -

1838 - Oliver Twist - 2013 -

1839 - Nicholas Nickleby - 1999 -

1840 - The Old Curiosity Shop - 2002 -

1841 - Barnaby Rudge - 2014 -

1843 - A Christmas Carol - 2019 -

1844 - Martin Chuzzlewit - 1987 -

1848 - Dombey and Son - 2007 -

1850 - David Copperfield - 2005 -

1850 - The Personal History of David Copperfield - 1991 -

1852 - Bleak House - 1998 -

1854 - Hard Times - 2003 -

1857 - Little Dorrit - 2001 -

1858 - A House to Let - 2006 -

1859 - A Tale of Two Cities - 2009 -

1861 - Great Expectations - 1991 -

1864 - Mrs Lirriper - 2007 -

1865 - Our Mutual Friend - 1984 -

1865 - Our Mutual Friend - 2009 -

1870 - The Mystery of Edwin Drood -

1870 - The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 2020 -

Total run time - 4 days, 18 hours, 25 minutes.

That lot should keep you busy for a while…