In this week's podcast we begin our celebrations of the Dickens bicentenary by asking some leading writers to name their favourite of his novels. Ian Rankin, Colin Thubron, Malorie Blackman, Andrew O'Hagan and Alan Bissett are among those who make their choice.
We also talk to Claire Tomalin about her new biography, and pay a visit to the Dickens Museum, based at the house where he wrote some of his most famous novels.
Find out what else we are doing on Dickens this weekend here.
Reading List
Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin (Viking)
