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The Secret World of Lewis Carroll (2015)

ALL 01/31/2015 (en) Documentary, History 59 Min
  • Release
    01/31/2015
  • Production
    Swan Films, BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    55%
  • Original title
    The Secret World of Lewis Carroll
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

It's a timeless classic of children's literature and the third most-quoted book in English after the Bible and Shakespeare. But what lies behind the extraordinary appeal of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to generations of adults and children alike? To mark the 150th anniversary of its publication, this film explores the life and imagination of its author, the Reverend Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. Journalist Martha Kearney delves into the biographies of both Carroll himself and of the young girl, Alice Liddell, who inspired his most famous creation. She discusses the book with a range of experts, biographers and distinguished cultural figures - from actor Richard E Grant to children's author Philip Pullman - and explores with them the mystery of how a retiring, buttoned-up and meticulous mathematics don, who spent almost his entire life within the cloistered confines of Christ Church Oxford, was able to capture the world of childhood in such a captivating way.

  1. Clare Beavan

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Clare Beavan

    Producer



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  1. Martha Kearney

    Narrator

  2. David Anley

    Himself - Forensic Imagery Analyst

  3. Jane Atkinson

    Herself - Croft Rectory

  4. Peter Atkinson

    Himself - Croft Rectory

  5. Nicholas Burnett

    Himself - Photographic Conservation Specialist

  6. Ian Clayton

    Himself - Ditchling Players

  7. Morton N. Cohen

    Himself - Author, Lewis Carroll: A Biography

  8. Mark Davies

    Himself - Local Historian

  9. Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

    Himself - Author, The Story of Alice

  10. Richard E. Grant

    Himself - Actor

  11. Hugh Haughton

    Himself - University of York

  12. Peter Howell

    Himself - Ditchling Players

  13. Alice Liddell

    Herself (archive footage)

  14. Caroline Luke

    Herself - Great Great Grandniece of Lewis Carroll

  15. Philip Pullman

    Himself - Writer

  16. Will Self

    Himself - Writer

  17. Nicholas Shrimpton

    Himself - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

  18. Vanessa Tait

    Herself - Great Granddaughter of Alice Liddell

  19. Edward Wakeling

    Himself - Editor, Lewis Carroll's Diaries

  20. Jenny Woolf

    Herself - Author, The Mystery of Lewis Carroll

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 20 , Crews : 13

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The Secret World of Lewis Carroll (2015) 59 Min

ALL 01/31/2015 (en)
Documentary, History
  • Release 01/31/2015
  • Production
    Swan Films, BBC
  • Original title The Secret World of Lewis Carroll
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

It's a timeless classic of children's literature and the third most-quoted book in English after the Bible and Shakespeare. But what lies behind the extraordinary appeal of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to generations of adults and children alike? To mark the 150th anniversary of its publication, this film explores the life and imagination of its author, the Reverend Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. Journalist Martha Kearney delves into the biographies of both Carroll himself and of the young girl, Alice Liddell, who inspired his most famous creation. She discusses the book with a range of experts, biographers and distinguished cultural figures - from actor Richard E Grant to children's author Philip Pullman - and explores with them the mystery of how a retiring, buttoned-up and meticulous mathematics don, who spent almost his entire life within the cloistered confines of Christ Church Oxford, was able to capture the world of childhood in such a captivating way.

  1. Clare Beavan

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Duncan O'Neill

    Editor

  4. Clare Beavan

    Producer



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