BBC announces season of programming celebrating all things Gothic

This autumn BBC will air a series of programmes exploring the history of Gothic literature, architecture, music and artwork and their place in British culture. This is in collaboration with The British Library who are running the UK's biggest ever Gothic exhibition "Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination" alongside it.

"A host of famous literary faces will look back on Frankenstein’s creation in A Dark And Stormy Night: When Horror Was Born, while in The Art Of Gothic, Andrew Graham-Dixon looks back at how Victorian Britain turned to the past for inspiration to create some of Britain’s most famous artwork and buildings.

In The Genius Of The Gothic, Dr Janina Ramirez looks at Perpendicular Gothic, Britain’s first cultural style and Dan Cruickshank looks back at Gothic architecture’s most influential family in The Family that Built Gothic Britain.

BBC Four delves into the archives uncovering classic performances from Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, The Cure, Sisters of Mercy, The Mission and more in Goths At The BBC."

The season will start with: The Art Of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour, BBC Four - Mon 20th October, 9pm. See the full schedule here.

The British Library exhibition has already started and will run until 20th January. For more information and booking visit the BL website.