Gerald Charles Dickens (actor) his own British and American tours, Gerald Dickens performs extracts from "The Pickwick Papers", "David Copperfield", "Oliver Twist", "Great Expectations", "Nicholas Nickleby" and "A Christmas Carol" among others, in the latter creating 26 characters in a performance described by "The New York Times" as "a once in a lifetime brush with literary history." Dickens has recorded unabridged audiobooks of "The Pickwick Papers" and "Nicholas Nickleby". In December 2011 he appeared on the BBC's "Songs of Praise". A keen golfer, he wrote and performs the two-act play "Top Hole!", based on four golfing stories by P. G. Wodehouse. In 2015 at
MV Great Expectations In 1995, White Horse moved "Great Expectations" from the Thames to be the front-line vessel on their Hythe service. In 2008, White Horse Ferries spent £50,000 on upgrading the then 16-year-old "Great Expectations", including improvements to her main driveshafts. In 2012, "Great Expectations" received a new green and white with a black hull livery. On 21 April 2017 MV Great Expectations was purchased by Blue Funnel Group as part of a takeover of Hythe ferry service. Following a refit and repainting in blue, she was returned to service on 26 May 2017 under the new name, "Hythe Scene". MV Great