Novels That Shaped Our World is a Documentary programme.

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Novels That Shaped Our World: The Class Ceiling

Series 1, episode 3

Directed by (unconfirmed)
Sarah Barclay

The documentary explores how novels through the ages have embraced the class struggle, from Dickens, Gaskell and Hardy through to Robert Tressell's The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists and the group of working-class writers who began to write their own stories in post-war Britain. With readings by Russell Tovey, Darren Boyd, Alex Macqueen, Emily Berrington, Freddie Fox, Rian Gordon and Olivia Barrowclough

Cast (unconfirmed)

Olivia Barrowclough
Image for Emily BerringtonEmily Berrington
Image for Darren BoydDarren Boyd
Josh Collins
Oliver Cotton
Freddie Fox
Image for Nitin GanatraNitin Ganatra
Rian Gordon
Billie Howle
Tony Lambie
Image for Alex MacQueenAlex MacQueen
Image for Russell ToveyRussell Tovey
Sarah Barclay
Richard Curson Smith
Franny Moyle
John Mullen