You're Dead To Me: Christmas with Charles Dickens

Comedy of the Week

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Comedy

4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Emily Bell and Mike Wozniak to find out what Christmas was like with Charles Dickens. We take a walk through the many Christmases of the renowned Victorian author. You can listen to the extended version in the 'You're Dead To Me' feed on BBC Sounds. From elephants walking on ice to the family Christmas punch recipe, we take a closer look at the factors that may have influenced some of his most famous works and try to unpick what the phrase Dickensian has come to mean over the years. Written by Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Produced by Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Assistant Producer: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow Researcher: Jessica White Project Management: Isla Matthews Audio Producer: Steve Hankey The Athletic production for BBC Radio 4

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.9	Hey, I'm Athenica Blenu and this is Comedy of the Week from BBC Radio 4.
0:10.1	It's the best seat in the house, wherever you're listening to this podcast,
0:13.8	unless you're in the front row of a comedy club in which case, that's just rude.
0:17.7	This isn't Test Cricket.
0:19.7	Here's this week's show.
0:21.0	BEEP
0:22.5	Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, the BBC Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history seriously.
0:28.0	My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster,
0:31.4	and in the immortal words of Noddy Holder,
0:33.6	it's Christmas!
0:36.2	So we're back.
0:37.2	Briefly, to give you a one-off seasonal stocking filler dedicated to Mr Christmas himself,
0:42.0	not Noddy Holder,
0:43.2	now the famous Victorian author, Charles Dickens.
0:46.4	And today we're going to be looking at how he celebrated Christmas throughout his life.
0:50.3	So it's not a conventional biography, this is a Christmas biography.
0:53.6	And joining me on this jolly jaunt through Christmas is past are two very special guests.
0:57.6	In History Corner, she's a lecturer in digital humanities at the University of Leeds,
1:01.4	specialising in 19th century literature.
1:03.3	She's the editor of the Dickensian, the oldest academic journal in Dickens studies.
1:07.3	It's Dr Emily Bell.
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