The Real George OrwellEpisodes Episode guide

Essays and Journalism
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Selection of George Orwell's non-fiction writing
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The Road to Nineteen Eighty-Four
What led avowed socialist George Orwell to write a novel that is beloved of the Right?
Down and Out in Paris and London
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George Orwell's classic semi-autobiographical account of living in both cities
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Biographical Dramas
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Four plays tracking the life story of writer Eric Blair
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Homage to Catalonia
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Drama based on Eric Blair's own experience of the Spanish Civil War
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Animal Farm
Tamsin Greig narrates George Orwell's satire about power and corruption.

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