Day 2 of the Twilight Zone podcast Advent Calendar,

and tonight we have a question from John Hayes.

And he says, well, it's a two-part question.

He says, if Charles Dickens were to write a Twilight Zone episode, what might it look like and be about?

And B, if Rod Sailing were to rewrite a Dickens novel, what might that look like and how would it differ from the classic?

Not counting Carol for another Christmas.

Okay, thank you, John, for a great question or two questions.

Emmy, I'm not a huge Charles Dickens guy, I have to admit.

I love a Christmas Carol.

It's one of my favorite stories of all time, and I love that there's like a million versions

of it, and I try and watch as many of them as I can.

But I did read a bit of Dickens when I was a kid, but not that I have massive memories of, but I obviously know the cultural touchstones.

What about you?

So I'm the same.

I don't think I've actually read any Dickens since I was at school.

Because being British, it's kind of forced into you when you do English at school.

But I'm kind of aware of the stories through various like osmosis and watching them and just general knowledge.

So my answers are kind of going to come from a combination of those

places. So I will apologise in advance if what I say is not 100% accurate. I'm probably going to

have all these sort of Dickens experts coming at me. But I apologize. If I get anything a little

bit wrong, I'm sorry. With the caveat that neither of us are well-versed in Charles Dickens,

apart from probably a Christmas Carol,

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