Charles Dickens's England

InCHARLESDICKENS’SENGLAND,DerekJacobitakesthevieweraroundthemostimportantplaces,townsandcitiesthatweretheinspirationtosomeofthemostfamoussettingsinliterature.ThefilmfeaturesCoolingChurchinKent,usedbytheauthorintheopeningchapterofGreatExpectations;MissHavisham‘shouseinRochester;thealmostforgottenLondonRomanBathsusedbyDavidCopperfield;JoeGargey’scottageinChalk,thenotoriousBowesAcademy,theharshestoftheYorkshireschoolsandnowknowntotheworldasDotheboysHall.FromPortsmouthtotheIsleofWightandthenontonumerousLondonlocations;fromChathamtoBroadstairs;fromFolkestonetoBarnardCastleandthentoStGeorge’sHallinLiverpool.Wellover100locationsarefeatured.Manyofthese,suchas58Lincoln’sInnFieldswhereDickensfirstreadinpublic,theAllTheYearRoundofficesinCoventGardenwherehelivedandworkedandGad’sHillinKent,thelastinaverylonglistofhishomes,arenotopentothepublicandtheirinteriorshaverarelybeenfilmed.