Gothic Literature Collection

A selection of archive programmes about some of the most celebrated Gothic novels, their authors and legacy, are now available on BBC iPlayer as part of our BBC Four Collections. You can find the full collection here, or browse the individual programmes below.

Tuesday Documentary: The Dracula Business (6th August 1974)

Dan Farson, great nephew of Bram Stoker, travels to Romania and Transylvania to investigate the legends that surround Dracula.
The Strange Affair of… Frankenstein (7th January 1986)

Robert Symes investigates the background to Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. Was her idea for creating human life based on fact? And who was the original Frankenstein?
Ian Rankin Investigates Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (16th June 2007)

Ian Rankin investigates Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, first published in 1886, exploring the origins of the book and its relationship to Edinburgh.
The Bronte Business (4th September 1977)

Joan Bakewell visits Haworth in Yorkshire, home of the Brontes, to see the setting in which the novelists worked.