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NEW EPISODES for 2026 !!! 📚
Feb 28, 2026
1m 36s
Look Closer: with Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Jan 31, 2026
43m 28s
The Muppet Christmas Carol: with Meredith Braun
Dec 24, 2025
42m 43s
THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH 📚 : with Lydia Craig
Dec 22, 2025
54m 36s
Dickens' Carol Manuscript : with Philip Palmer
Dec 18, 2025
28m 19s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 2/28/26 | ![]() NEW EPISODES for 2026 !!! 📚✨ | Charles Dickenspodcast episodes+3 | Stephen FryMiriam Margolyes+9 | Charles Dickens: A Brain on Fire! | — | Charles Dickenspodcast+5 | — | 1m 36s | |
| 1/31/26 | ![]() Look Closer: with Robert Douglas-Fairhurst✨ | readingliterature+4 | Robert Douglas-Fairhurst | Look Closer: How to get more out of reading | — | readingliterature+5 | — | 43m 28s | |
| 12/24/25 | ![]() The Muppet Christmas Carol: with Meredith Braun✨ | Christmasfilm+4 | Meredith Braun | Stage Door RecordsThe Muppet Christmas Carol+2 | — | Muppet Christmas CarolMeredith Braun+6 | — | 42m 43s | |
| 12/22/25 | ![]() THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH 📚 : with Lydia Craig✨ | Charles DickensChristmas literature+3 | Dr. Lydia Craig | The Cricket On The Hearth | — | Charles DickensThe Cricket On The Hearth+3 | — | 54m 36s | |
| 12/18/25 | ![]() Dickens' Carol Manuscript : with Philip Palmer✨ | Charles Dickensmanuscript preservation+4 | Philip Palmer | Morgan Library & MuseumA Christmas Carol | — | Charles DickensA Christmas Carol+5 | — | 28m 19s | |
| 12/5/25 | ![]() "Master Humphrey's Christmas": Read by Dominic Gerrard✨ | ChristmasCharles Dickens+3 | — | Master Humphrey’s Clock | — | ChristmasMaster Humphrey's Clock+5 | — | 14m 02s | |
| 11/21/25 | ![]() What Matters in Jane Austen & Charles Dickens? : with John Mullan✨ | Jane AustenCharles Dickens+3 | John Mullan | What Matters in Jane Austen?The Artful Dickens+1 | — | Jane AustenCharles Dickens+3 | — | 41m 04s | |
| 11/17/25 | ![]() The Cock Lane Ghost: with Emma Clery✨ | supernaturalGeorgian London+5 | Emma Clery | Uppsala UniversityThe Rise of Supernatural Fiction 1762-1800 | Georgian London | Cock Lane GhostEmma Clery+6 | — | 47m 04s | |
| 11/8/25 | ![]() TO BE READ AT DUSK 📚: with Emily Middleton✨ | ghost storiespsychology+4 | Dr. Emily Middleton | To Be Read at Dusk | St Bernard's Pass | DickensTo Be Read at Dusk+5 | — | 29m 19s | |
| 11/5/25 | ![]() Headless Horsemen & Morphean Space: with Kirstin Mills✨ | 19th Century literaturedreams+3 | Dr. Kirstin Mills | Macquarie UniversityGothic Dreams and Nightmares+1 | — | Charles Dickensdreams+3 | — | 38m 03s | |
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| 10/31/25 | ![]() The Lawyer and The Ghost: Read by Jonathan Broadbent | This Halloween ... actor Jonathan Broadbent reads one of the interpolated ghost stories, from The Pickwick Papers In The Lawyer and The Ghost a somewhat disreputable young Lawyer has retired to his meagre lodgings one night and is forced to debate with something not of this world ... Support the show If you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrard Thank you so mu... | 7m 52s | ||||||
| 10/31/25 | ![]() THE BLACK VEIL 📚: with Andrew Smith | This Halloween Dominic is joined by the inimitable Prof. Andrew Smith who guides us through Dickens' The Black Veil and his latest book Dickens and the Gothic (for Cambridge University Press) Perhaps calling to mind Susan Hill’s The Woman In Black … The Black Veil begins with a young man sitting by the fire one winter’s night, with cosy thoughts of Christmas. Out of the corner of his eye the veiled figure of a lady dressed in mourning appears, standing motionless, with eyes f... | 43m 41s | ||||||
| 10/30/25 | ![]() HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!! 🎃 | Dominic announces a new series of Charles Dickens: A Brain on Fire!🔥 and share some personal stories of haunting ... Support the show If you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrard Thank you so much! Host: Dominic Gerrard Series Artwork: Léna Gibert Original Music: Dominic Gerrard Thank you for listening! | 5m 12s | ||||||
| 8/27/25 | ![]() The War of the Worlds: with Jeff Wayne | Dominic now to Jeff Wayne about the creation of his masterpiece The Musical Version of The War of the Worlds ... At time of recording this multiplatinum album has sold over 16 million copies worldwide and is currently running as an Immersive Experience in London. It features searing performances from Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott as the crazed Parson Nathaniel, and David Essex’s swaggering and delusional Artilleryman, with Julie Covington as Beth bringing real humanity into their performance. Whil... | 36m 18s | ||||||
| 8/26/25 | ![]() Two Cities: with Jeff Wayne | Dominic speaks to the award-winning composer Jeff Wayne about Two Cities (his Musical adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities) that opened at the Palace Theatre, in London's West End, on 27th February 1969 Despite a run of just 44 performances, Two Cities was Nominated for Best Musical at the Evening Standard Awards - with its star Edward Woodward also winning the Best Male Performance for a Musical category for his portrayal of Sydney Carton. Audiences and critics alike also praised Elizabeth Pow... | 22m 35s | ||||||
| 8/16/25 | ![]() PICTURES FROM ITALY 📚: with Pete Orford | In the July of 1844 Dickens, his wife Catherine, their five children, his sister-in-law Georgina - plus three servants and their dog Timber - left London for Italy. What followed was an extraordinary adventure for them all. Returning to the series to talk to Dominic about his new Oxford University Press edition of Pictures From Italy is the inimitable Dr. Pete Orford also returning to read excerpts from the book is the brilliant actor Tom Andrews ... The recording Vivaldi's Four Seasons has b... | 37m 22s | ||||||
| 8/13/25 | ![]() The Manuscript at Staplehurst: with Leon Litvack | Bonus Episode! In which Dr. Leon Litvack recounts Dickens' dramatic retrieval of Part 16 of the Manuscript of Our Mutual Friend from the swaying carriage at Staplehurst; and reveals, here for the first time, a key discovery he has made; plus the cut sections he has restored in his new Oxford University Press Edition of the novel ... Support the show If you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here https://www.buymeaco... | 17m 43s | ||||||
| 8/7/25 | ![]() OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 📚: with Leon Litvack | Dominic is joined by Dr. Leon Litvack whose new edition of Our Mutual Friend for Oxford University Press will be published in November Leon is a reader at Queen’s University Belfast, and is an expert analyst of Dickens’ letters, manuscripts & handwriting. As well as being the Principal Editor of the Dickens Letters Project and Joint General Editor of the Oxford Edition of Charles Dickens, he sits on the Advisory Council for the UK’s National Records and Archives… And returning to the seri... | 44m 05s | ||||||
| 7/31/25 | ![]() Vincent Van Gogh: with Carol Jacobi | Vincent Van Gogh was an avid reader of Dickens. Throughout his life Dickens' works provided not only a mental 'scaffold' that helped him to believe in his own mission as an artist, but also pull himself out of deep depressions ... Here to talk to Dominic today about the powerful connection between Dickens and Van Gogh is the inimitable Carol Jacobi, Curator of British Art (1850-1915) at Tate Britain where her many exhibitions included the celebrated Van Gogh in Britain … Here are links to pai... | 40m 33s | ||||||
| 7/25/25 | ![]() The Verse of Charles Dickens: with Lydia Craig & Emily Middleton | Dickens' genius as a novelist is acknowledged the world over ... but what was he like as a poet? Joining Dominic today to find out are the inimitable Dr. Lydia Craig & Dr. Emily Middleton who have just co-authored The Verse of Charles Dickens (Edinburgh University Press) Support the show If you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrard Thank you so much! Host: Dominic Gerrar... | 38m 54s | ||||||
| 7/15/25 | ![]() (Encore!) BLEAK HOUSE 📚: with Stephen Fry | Ahead of a new series Dominic re-shares the most popular episode of this show so far! Bleak House with the inimitable Stephen Fry who takes the listener on an intricate journey through the fog and mystery of Dickens' thrilling masterpiece. And reading extracts from Esther's narrative is the brilliant Sally Scott And here is a link to Miriam Margolyes' unabridged audiobook of Bleak House mentioned in the episode Support the show If you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of prod... | 49m 07s | ||||||
| 5/16/25 | ![]() GEORGE SILVERMAN'S EXPLANATION 📚: with Emily Middleton | Hot on the heels of Dominic's audiobook of George Silverman's Explanation comes the discussion with Dr. Emily Middleton (formerly Bell) … who we’ve met before in the episodes on Oliver Twist and The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices … Emily is working on George Silverman, and other rarer Dickens stories for Oxford University Press, and has just published The Verse of Charles of Dickens for Edinburgh University Press which she has co-authored with Dr Lydia Craig. ( There is a joint episode on ... | 42m 57s | ||||||
| 5/12/25 | ![]() George Silverman's Explanation (Audiobook): Read by Dominic Gerrard | Dominic reads George Silverman's Explanation - one of Dickens' rarer short stories - ahead of an upcoming discussion with Dr. Emily Middleton ... Support the show If you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrard Thank you so much! Host: Dominic Gerrard Series Artwork: Léna Gibert Original Music: Dominic Gerrard Thank you for listening! | 1h 16m 51s | ||||||
| 4/22/25 | ![]() Pickwick's Legacy ... | Here are two fragments that didn't make the cut in the previous episode on THE PICKWICK PAPERS ... Prof. Hugo Bowles talks about the afterlife of Pickwick & Gina Beck reads an extract where Pickwick is observed from a window by a Scientific Gentleman! Support the show If you'd like to make a donation to support the costs of producing this series you can buy 'coffees' right here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dominicgerrard Thank you so much! Host: Dominic Gerrard Series Artwork: Lé... | 6m 33s | ||||||
| 4/21/25 | ![]() THE PICKWICK PAPERS 📚 : with Hugo Bowles | Dominic is joined by the inimitable Prof. Hugo Bowles who is currently working the OUP edition of The Pickwick Papers to guide us through this riot of a novel - if it is a novel? Hugo is an alumnus of both Oxford and Cambridge where he read English, Classics and Applied Linguistics. For over three decades he lectured at four Italian Universities and is the author of Dickens and Stenographic Mind (published by Edinburgh University Press). We last caught up with Hugo in his joint ep... | 48m 39s | ||||||
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