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Five Meet to Make Up Myths

Gyles Brandreth beats London's streets to trace a Victorian literary circle from Oscar Wilde to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. From January 2009.

Gyles Brandreth explores the creative connections between five Victorian authors. Oscar Wilde, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, JM Barrie and Bram Stoker all knew each other and used to frequent many of the same venues in London in the 1880s and 90s. Gyles Brandreth enlists the help of Freudian psychotherapist Brett Kahr and others to find out why their fictional creations remain compelling to this day.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 18 Nov 201721:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Thu 22 Jan 200911:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Wed 12 Jan 201114:00
    BBC Radio 7
  • Sat 26 Nov 201107:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 2 Dec 201211:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 2 Dec 201219:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 3 Dec 201202:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 26 Apr 201407:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 18 Nov 201711:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 18 Nov 201721:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra