Examining the works of A.A. Milne, Arthur Ransome, Lewis Carroll.
Examining the works of J.M. Barrie, Beatrix Potter, E. Nesbit and Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Examining the works of Frances Hodgson Burnett, Noel Streatfield, Enid Blyton, Rudyard Kipling and Kenneth Grahame.
Examining the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, Erskine Childers and a recap on common themes throughout the whole series.
As this dep dive into the Gothic phenomenon begins, explore themes of race, the work of the Bronte sisters, the character of Heath cliff and Hitchcock's depiction of Rebecca.
Examine Bram Stoker's Dracula and delve into the realm of vampires, werewolves and zombies. Plus, explore Gothic literature from the likes of Oscar Wilde and Jane Austen.
Explore the work of Angela Carter and Hillary Mantel, Gothic's expression of the sense of 'the other' in The Invisible Man and Get Out and the concept of the 'Gothic outsider'.
An examination of Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Joseph Conrad's work in Gothic literature. Plus, explore the Gothic Revival in architecture and Queer Gothic.
This episode explores early science-fiction writers, including Mary Shelley (Frankenstein), Jules Verne (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) and HG Wells (Things to Come and The Time Machine). Plus, the possibility of nuclear apocalypse, as portrayed in works including Herman Kahn's On Thermonuclear War, Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove, Sidney Lumet's Fail Safe, Nevil Shute's On the Beach and Peter Watkins' The War Game.
Explore how WWII shifted literature and media, with American tradition dominating post-war in influence and success.
A look at the genre's ability to foretell the shape of future society, touching on the works of Canadian novelist and poet Margaret Atwood and American writer Ted Chiang. Atwood's A Handmaid's Tale created a more political, dystopian model to illustrate relations between genders becoming oppressive. Though not a prolific author, Chiang has produced prestigious works such as Arrival, Understand and Division by Zero.
The impact of film and television on the perception of science fiction
Combining biography, literary extracts and quotations, get to know children's authors and the pain behind their well-known Christmas stories.