Like Dr Frankenstein himself, Mark Steel has taken the cold-cuts of
the traditional TV lecture and brought it back to life with passion
and electricity. Taking as its subjects both the book for which Mary
Shelley is famous and the tragedy-filled life of the woman herself,
the programme moves from England to Geneva and back in search of the
spark that created the monster.
Almost as if genetically programmed by the pioneering mother she
never knew, and on whose grave she consummated her love for the poet
Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley created an indestructible legend more
relevant today than ever – as Mark Steel discovers with his
customary wit and passion. Kenneth Branagh does not feature in this
programme.
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