Clips
Music played
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Mark Hollis A Life 1895-1915
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UNKLE A Perfect Storm
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Portishead A Tribute to a Monk and Canatella
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Jacaszek Aala
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Massive Attack Angel
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Balanescu Quartet Aria
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Bernard Herrmann Brave New World Suite
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Material Bustin Out
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Massive Attack Butterfly Caught
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Bill Connor Dark Clouds
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Max Richter H Thinks a Journey
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Veigar Margeirsson Journey to the Edge
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Herb Alpert Jump Street
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Herb Alpert Keep Your Eye on Me
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Four Tet Love Cry
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Cast of Lucky Jim Madrigal from Lucky Jim
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City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Never on a Sunday
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London Voices Oceania,'Tis For Thee
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His Name Is Alive One Year
(Four Tet remix)
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Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra The Ship Sinks Beneath the Waves
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The Stranglers Peaches
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City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Prova d'orchestra
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Nfi Pulse of Fear
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Herb Alpert Rotation
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James Keane Waltz in Becky Sharp
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D-Train You're the One for Me
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James Keane Yugobrazilica
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Sebastian on location in Puerto Rico
Sebastian walks on La Selva Beach, Fajardo, Puerto Rico while discussing Robinson Crusoe.
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Sebastian introduces Sherlock Holmes
Sebastian introduces Sherlock Holmes, describing him as the Novel's first superhero.
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Books featured in the programme
• Robinson Crusoe, 1719, Daniel Defoe
• Tom Jones, 1749, Henry Fielding
• Vanity Fair (Becky Sharp), 1847, William Makepeace Thackeray
• Sherlock Holmes, 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• 1984 (Winston Smith), 1948, George Orwell
• Lucky Jim (Jim Dixon), 1954, Kingsley Amis
• Money (John Self), 1984, Martin Amis -
Web exclusive
Ruth Rendell discusses the character of Sherlock Holmes with Sebastian.
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Locations featured in The Hero
Opening
Millennium Bridge, London
Robinson Crusoe
La Selva Beach, Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Earthquake
Old Street/Shepherds Bush Roundabout, London
Tom Jones
Badminton Horse Trials
Becky Sharp
Winter Wonderland – Hyde Park
The Colony Club, London
Sherlock Holmes
Top of International Press Centre, London
Shoe Lane, London
Top of Bush House, London
First World War
Thiepval Memorial, France
Serre Road No 2 cemetery, France
Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No 1, France
Winston Smith
Thamesmead Estate, South London
Lucky Jim
Reading University
White Horse Inn, Hedgerley, Berkshire
John Self
Various locations, New York -
Web exclusive
Boris Johnson discusses the character of Jim Dixon with Sebastian
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Free Your Imagination: Books on the BBC
Find out about the BBC’s major season of programmes focusing on literature on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four and BBC Radio 4.
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Faulks On Fiction: Exploring classic characters in literature
Series producer Mary Sackville-West: "Great literary characters have a life beyond the page. You don't need to have read Wuthering Heights or Robinson Crusoe to know who they are and to care about them."
Read and comment on Mary's post at the BBC TV blog
Credits
- Series Producer
- Mary Sackville-West
- Presenter
- Sebastian Faulks
- Participant
- Ruth Rendell
- Participant
- Simon Armitage
- Participant
- Martin Amis
- Participant
- Boris Johnson
- Participant
- Robert Harris
- Participant
- Brian Keenan
- Director
- Phil Cairney
- Director
- David Vincent
- Producer
- Phil Cairney
- Executive Producer
- Basil Comely
- Writer
- Sebastian Faulks
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