In the first episode in this series join Art Dealer, Philip Mould, the Director of the Charles Dickens Museum, Dr Cindy Sughrue, Portrait Miniature Specialist, Emma Rutherford and Art Historian, Lawrence Hendra as they explore the circumstances surrounding the remarkable discovery of an iconic, lost portrait of Dickens aged 31, painted by the artist Margaret Gillies in 1843 at the same time the author was writing ‘A Christmas Carol’. Why has the portrait been lost for so long and why has it returned to us now in time for the 175th anniversary of Dickens’ festive masterpiece?