The terrifying story of Frankenstein has become a modern myth - one which each generation reinvents for itself.
Today Boris Karloff's dumb, inarticulate beast is the creature we now think of as Frankenstein's monster - but this image is far removed from Mary Shelley's original sensitive, but horrifying creation. Were the turbulent events and the rage and loneliness that Mary Shelley felt in her own life the real inspiration for her 'hideous progeny'; Frankenstein's monster?
Jenni is joined by Lord Robert Winston, presenter the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Documentary of Frankenstein - Birth of A Monster and Lisa Hopkins, Professor of English at Sheffield Hallam University.
Frankenstein - Birth of a Monster is on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One on Sunday 7 December
