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Philadelphia

In Philadelphia Miriam Margolyes finds a city obsessed with Charles Dickens. It still has the "solitary prison" he wrote about, a Dickens Society, a Dickens Drinking Club, his pet raven stuffed and mounted in the local library - and the only life-size statue of Dickens in the world.

English
  • Originally Aired May 3, 2005
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network BBC Four
  • Created April 14, 2021 by
    arcane
  • Modified April 14, 2021 by
    arcane