Christmas with Charles Dickens

查尔斯·狄更斯的圣诞节

You're Dead to Me

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2022-12-05

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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. 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 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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  • My name's Joe Wilkinson and I've managed to force Patrick Bamford to come on a podcast with me, and he's gonna slowly fall in love with me.

  • Do you go to the tip?

  • Believe it or not, yeah, I do.

  • Do you go to the supermarket?

  • No.

  • You know when all the shirts started getting tight on the players and they started selling them like that to the general public?

  • Yeah, yeah.

  • And everyone looked like sausages.

  • My mate's a footballer with me, Patrick Bamford and Joe Wilkinson.

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  • Hello and welcome to you're dead to me, the BBC Radio Four comedy podcast that takes history seriously.

  • My name is Greg Jenner.

  • I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster.

  • And in the immortal words of Noddy Holder, it's Christmas.

  • So we're back briefly to give you a one off seasonal stocking filler dedicated to Mister Christmas himself.

  • Not Noddy Holder.

  • No.

  • The famous victorian author Charles Dickens.

  • And today we're gonna be looking at how he celebrated Christmas throughout his life.