Franziska Kohlt's blog and twitter informs us that there is a new documentary on the way, featuring herself as well as Edward Wakeling. This will air in France and Germany.
A new series of TV documentaries on famous books and their origins, manuscripts and authors will be hitting the screens in early 2020 – and last week we started filming for the first episode in Oxford, which is about the origins of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – and some, perhaps unexpected, links and sources (including what the University of Oxford’s crest has to do with Alice’s dream)! I am extremely honoured to appear on it as expert alongside collector and Carroll scholar extraordinaire Edward Wakeling.I welcome the idea of a thoroughly researched documentary with world experts and scholars.
The documentary will be available on French and German Television, and online after it’s aired, for those elsewhere!
However considering the disaster in 2015 with the BBC documentary, I am also extremely nervous.
As to date there has been no progressive and considerate documentary. I hope ARTE do their research and can present us with a nuanced look at Carroll, his life, and the era he lived in.
Please. Please.
