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Gothic art, architecture and literature across the BBC.

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  • More about the When Gothic Was Born season

  • Explore the night when Mary Shelley and Lord Byron met to tell ghost stories

  • Dan Cruickshank explores Gothic architecture on BBC Arts

  • Discover the night horror was born and plunge into the art movement that shook the world

    • Watch clips from across the season
  • Explore art's darker side on BBC iPlayer

  • Explore archive programmes about celebrated Gothic novels

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