The new Christmas Carol-themed game, which I mentioned here back in June, is set to launch November 3 ..read more

The eight-part series, shot in Australia and starring Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewlis, and Maia Mitchell, will premiere November 29. Deadline has more, including a few images ..read more

This year marks the 200th anniversary of Dickens's entry into the workforce -- but not as a writer. 1823 was the year he was sent to work as a child at Warren's Blacking Factory. Though this was an anniversary he wouldn't have enjoyed celebrating, the episode would indelibly influence his writing, and so the Dickens Museum is marking the occasion with by exhibiting artifacts that include a Warren's Blacking bottle, a letter from young Dickens's father soliciting employment for his son, and more. The Guardian, BBC News, and Yahoo have more details.  ..read more

Gerald Dickens is celebrating a milestone anniversary -- he's been performing his great-great-grandfather's A Christmas Carol for 30 years now! In a new interview, he tells the Powys County Times why this work translates so well to the stage ..read more

A Tale of Two Cities (1935) will air at 3:30 p.m. Eastern tomorrow, as part of the network's "Summer under the Stars" salute to Ronald Colman ..read more

Great Expectations (1946) airs at 7:45 a.m. Eastern tomorrow ..read more

On August 5, Londoners will be able to see a long-lost 1965 TV version of Dickens's "The Signalman" as part of a special program, "Missing Believed Wiped," at BFI Southbank. Click here to read more about the program, and click here for schedules and tickets ..read more

A Christmas Carol (1938, with Reginald Owen) airs at 2 a.m. Eastern tonight, as part of the network's "Christmas in July" programming ..read more

Charles Dickens and Georgina Hogarth: A curious and enduring relationship by Christine Skelton (Manchester University Press, 2023) Of all the unanswered questions and ongoing disputes about Charles Dickens's life, one of the most intriguing is this: When Charles and his wife, Catherine, separated, why did Catherine's sister Georgina, who had been living with them for years, stay with Charles? Christine Skelton of the University of Birmingham attempts to answer that question with her new book exploring the connection between the novelist and his mysterious sister-in-law. In some ways she's ..read more

Seems like everything has a connection to Barbie right now -- and Dickens is no exception! Check out Atlas Obscura's article on the link between Barbie and Barnaby Rudge's Dolly Varden ..read more