The Secret World of Lewis Carroll [413011]
Released: 2015-01-31
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Runtime: 59 mins
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Overview: It's a timeless classic of children's literature and the third most-quoted book in English after the Bible and Shakespeare. But what lies behind the extraordinary appeal of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to generations of adults and children alike? To mark the 150th anniversary of its publication, this film explores the life and imagination of its author, the Reverend Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. Journalist Martha Kearney delves into the biographies of both Carroll himself and of the young girl, Alice Liddell, who inspired his most famous creation. She discusses the book with a range of experts, biographers and distinguished cultural figures - from actor Richard E Grant to children's author Philip Pullman - and explores with them the mystery of how a retiring, buttoned-up and meticulous mathematics don, who spent almost his entire life within the cloistered confines of Christ Church Oxford, was able to capture the world of childhood in such a captivating way.

Cast [20]
Martha Kearney
Narrator
David Anley
Himself - Forensic I
Jane Atkinson
Herself - Croft Rect
Peter Atkinson
Himself - Croft Rect
Nicholas Burnett
Himself - Photograph
Ian Clayton
Himself - Ditchling
Morton N. Cohen
Himself - Author, Le
Mark Davies
Himself - Local Hist
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Himself - Author, Th
Richard E. Grant
Himself - Actor
Hugh Haughton
Himself - University
Peter Howell
Himself - Ditchling
Alice Liddell
Herself
Caroline Luke
Herself - Great Grea
Philip Pullman
Himself - Writer
Will Self
Himself - Writer
Nicholas Shrimpton
Himself - Lady Marga
Vanessa Tait
Herself - Great Gran
Edward Wakeling
Himself - Editor, Le
Jenny Woolf
Herself - Author, Th


Hompage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b051wml4

Trailers
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