Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Growing Up | 20161010 | Edmund Gordon's illuminating biography about one of English literature's most inventive writers. This is the first authorised biography of Angela Carter since her death almost twenty five years ago. Edmund Gordon has interviewed close friends, collaborators, lovers and family members, and had access to her journals, letters and manuscripts and so created a vivid portrait of her unconventional and extraordinary life. Read by Emma Fielding Produced by Elizabeth Allard. Edmund Gordon's illuminating biography about the inventive writer. |
| 02 | Bristol | 20161011 | Angela Carter is in a rebellious mood and starts to find her voice. |
| 03 | Japan | 20161012 | In Edmund Gordon's vivid and illuminating biography, Angela Carter is beguiled in Japan. |
| 04 | Love | 20161013 | Edmund Gordon's illuminating portrait of Angela Carter is the first authorised biography of her since her death almost twenty five years ago and charts her unconventional life and how her literary voice developed. In today's episode she finds success with The Bloody Chamber, her collection of funny and erotic fairy tales. Read by Emma Fielding Produced by Elizabeth Allard. Angela finds literary success with The Bloody Chamber, her collection of fairy tales. |
| 05 LAST | Being Loved | 20161014 | In Edmund Gordon's biography, Angela Carter writes her last two joyous and comic novels. |