Tim Burton's film was 'inspired' by Lewis Carroll's books but it wasn't Lewis Carroll's book. It is Winter rather than Summer and time runs backwards. Published for Christmas 1871 this story is the mirror image of Alice In Wonderland: the characters are chess pieces instead of cards. But there's a twist here - Alice will also discover that Radio 4 can be found on the other side of the glass. On her chess journey Alice will meet the Red & White Queen, Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledee and Tweedledum (who might be more familiar than the listener can possibly imagine) and the Red & White Knights. He sets out the chess game for Alice, teasing the listener into having an overview of his story and exploring the ideas within it. If Alice can get to The Eighth Square she will be Queen. In this fast-moving and surrealist world, Alice has to decode the bizarre rules of the mirror-world. It is instantly entertaining and tantalizingly offers the listener more than meets the ear. When Alice crashes through the looking glass she enters a world set out like a giant chess board and discovers science, maths, poetry, riddles, and wordplay. This dramatisation brings out the intellectual spine of Lewis Carroll's classic story - while losing none of the fun. With Jim Al-Khalili, Roger McGough, Jenni Murray, Jane Garvey, Eric Robson, Pippa Greenwood, Peter Donaldson, Kirsty Young, Andrew Marr, Evan Davies, Garry Richardson & Melvyn Bragg. By Lewis Carroll, dramatised by Stephen Wyatt It's mid-winter, the snow is falling against the window, and Alice is learning how to play chess but then, on a whim, she goes to the mirror and pretends her black kitten is the Red Queen and suddenly everything changes.
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