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Gods and Monsters
Season 1 Episode 55
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This episode describes the dramatic filming of the 1931 version Frankenstein - how the studio felt making it was a very risky move - and how the creature became a cultural icon. This p…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
True to the Original
Season 1 Episode 54
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National Theatre Frankenstein - Benedict Cumberbatch as the creature and Jonny Lee Miller as Dr. Frankenstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjJxpuPsrYs&t=6259s
National Theatre Frankens…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Mary Shelley at the Movies
Season 1 Episode 53
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Learn about the BBC production of Byron, and how accurate it is.
Learn how Byron handled being an overnight success
Learn the reasons given why Mary Shelley might have written Frankenstei…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Lord Byron at the Movies
Season 1 Episode 52
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Learn why Ken Russell’s Gothic is so over-the-top and ends up falling flat
Learn about Hugh Grant as “mad, bad, and dangerous to know” Lord Byron
Learn how Dr. Who’s time travel can illum…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
The Birth of Frankenstein
Season 1 Episode 51
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00:00 Introduction01:58 Mount Tambora effects in Europe04:27 Gathering at Villa Diodati06:23 Mary Shelley10:06 Conversations and Ghost Stories15:38 Byron and Darkness16:45 Mary’s accoun…Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
The First Superstar
Season 1 Episode 50
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• Learn about Lord Byron’s many sexual scandals
• Experience one of the darkest poems ever written
• Learn why Lord Byron is often considered the first superstar
01:28 Ghost of Lord Byron…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know
Season 1 Episode 49
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This episode is the first of two episodes devoted to the life and works of Lord Byron - one of the greatest poets of all time. As a youth, Edgar Poe frequently copied Lord Byron's st…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
The Sensitive Plant
Season 1 Episode 48
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This is the second and final part of two episodes regarding Percy Shelley - Mr. Poe also talks about his opinion of Shelley's work (based on Poe's actual words) and Shelley reads severa…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Can Spring Be Far Behind?
Season 1 Episode 47
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0:00 Introduction0:46 Shelley and Byron3:06 Ghost of Shelley enters3:50 Early life5:02 Education at Syon and Eton8:51 Expelled from Oxford12:14 Further development of idealism16:29 Poli…Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
The Raven Versus the Nightingale
Season 1 Episode 46
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Learn why Camden Town is so special!What was Mr. Keat’s sexual orientation? - His status as a gay icon.Learn about Keat’s painful and lingering death from consumption.What is the longes…Published on 4 years, 9 months ago