Charles Dickens: A Brain on Fire! 🔥 Podcast
1) A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Excerpt) : Read by Dominic Gerrard
Dominic shares an excerpt from his upcoming audiobook of A Christmas Carol which will be released in the New Year ... MERRY CHRISTMAS !!! This content is not available for AI training or scraping. All...Show More
2) The Muppet Christmas Carol: with Meredith Braun
This Christmas Eve ... Dominic is joined by the inimitable Meredith Braun, who played Scrooge's love interest Belle - opposite Michael Caine (and Fozziwig!) - in Brian Henson's The Muppet Christmas Ca...Show More
3) THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH 📚 : with Lydia Craig
Dominic is joined again by the inimitable Dr. Lydia Craig where they dive into Dickens' third Christmas Book, with readings from the award-winning actress Penelope Rawlins The Cricket On The Hearth - ...Show More
4) Three MORE Dickensian Christmases! Read by Rebecca Tanwen, Tom Andrews & Chris Nayak
Dominic takes three more Dickensian Christmas Readings from the archives: The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man And The Ghost's Bargain & The Holly-Tree Read by Rebecca Tanwen, Tom Andrews and Chris Nay...Show More
Three MORE Dickensian Christmases! Read by Rebecca Tanwen, Tom Andrews & Chris Nayak
30:55 | Dec 20th, 2025
5) Three Dickensian Christmases: Read by Gina Beck, Carlyss Peer & Tom Bennett
Dominic dips into the Christmas archives to bring you three Dickensian Christmas Readings from The Pickwick Papers, The Chimes & The Cricket on the Hearth ... Published here in one episode for the fir...Show More
Three Dickensian Christmases: Read by Gina Beck, Carlyss Peer & Tom Bennett
32:54 | Dec 19th, 2025
6) Dickens' Carol Manuscript : with Philip Palmer
Dominic is joined by the inimitable Dr. Philip Palmer: Robert H. Taylor Curator & Department Head of Literary and Historical Manuscripts at the Morgan Library & Museum and custodian of Charles Dickens...Show More
7) "Master Humphrey's Christmas": Read by Dominic Gerrard
Dominic reads a quietly enchanting festive episode from “Master Humphrey’s Clock” by Charles Dickens. Master Humphrey is wandering the snowy streets, one 25th December, and casually walks into a tave...Show More
8) What Matters in Jane Austen & Charles Dickens? : with John Mullan
Dominic is joined by returning guest, the inimitable Professor John Mullan: author of What Matters in Jane Austen? (now released in a 250th Birthday Edition) and The Artful Dickens - both published by...Show More
9) The Cock Lane Ghost: with Emma Clery
Dominic is joined by the inimitable Prof. Emma Clery - author of The Rise of Supernatural Fiction 1762-1800 and Professor of English Literature at Uppsala University, Sweden. They continue this month’...Show More
10) TO BE READ AT DUSK 📚: with Emily Middleton
The ghostly episodes continue as Dominic welcomes back the inimitable Dr. Emily Middleton who helps piece together the scattered psychological fragments that create Dickens' To Be Read at Dusk ... F...Show More