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Duration: 30 minutes

Recently Britain has led celebrations to mark the birth, two centuries ago, of an author who achieved fame worldwide.

Robert Hall goes back to the places that shaped Charles Dickens to find the ingredients which created a literary superstar.

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Sun 19 Feb 2012 14:30 BBC News Channel

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