Was Lewis Carroll a 'repressed paedophile'? BBC documentary examines his relationship with children after it uncovers 'shocking' naked photo of real Alice's sister taken by the Alice in Wonderland creator 

  • Lewis Carroll took photographs of Alice Liddell's two sisters in 1859
  • The celebrated author is believed to have taken naked photos of one girl
  • A new BBC documentary will make the shocking claims this weekend 
  • Author Will Self described Carroll as being 'a repressed paedophile' 
  • The BBC 2 programme considers whether Carroll was 'a Victorian Savile' 
By DARREN BOYLE FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 01:56 EST, 26 January 2015 | UPDATED: 09:46 EST, 26 January 2015
Celebrated children's author Lewis Carroll has been branded a 'repressed paedophile' in a new BBC documentary which uncovered naked photographs of the real-life sister of Alice in Wonderland taken by the writer. 
Carroll, who died in January 1898, befriended Alice Liddell and her two sisters as they were children. It was Miss Liddell who was the inspiration for the famous book.
However, researchers working on a documentary on the 150th anniversary of the publication of the much-loved children's book discovered some disturbing images. 
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New photographs discovered in advance of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice in Wonderland has led to claims that author Lewis Carroll, pictured, may have been 'a Victorian Jimmy Savile'
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New photographs discovered in advance of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice in Wonderland has led to claims that author Lewis Carroll, pictured, may have been 'a Victorian Jimmy Savile'
Carroll took many photographs of sisters Edith, left, Lorina, centre, and Alice Liddell, right,  around 1859
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Carroll took many photographs of sisters Edith, left, Lorina, centre, and Alice Liddell, right,  around 1859
According to the show's presenter Martha Kearney, some of the pictures of Alice's elder sister Lorina, which featured her naked in a full-frontal pose, are images that 'no parent would ever have consented to'. 
Carroll, whose real name was Charles Dodgson, knew the girls' father Henry Liddell, dean of Christ Church, Oxford. 
The BBC programme investigates whether Carroll could be considered as a 'Victorian Jimmy Savile'. 
Carroll was a keen photographer who took many photographs of Alice and her sisters.
English professor Hugh Haughton told the programme: 'It will certainly make it harder for those who believe that Carroll's interest in little girls was totally innocent; it will make it more complicated.'
Author Will Self said: ' Dodgson [Carroll] himself, I think, was a heavily repressed paedophile, without a doubt.' 
Alice's great-grand daughter Vanessa Tait told the programme: 'He was a strange man but an admirable one, and I don't want to tar him with accusations of paedophilia which we're all so obsessed with now.' 
The Secret World of Lewis Carroll will be broadcast on Saturday January 31, at 9pm 
Carroll dressed Alice Liddell up as a beggar maid for this photograph which was taken in 1859
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Carroll dressed Alice Liddell up as a beggar maid for this photograph which was taken in 1859
It is believed that Carroll was in love with Lorina Liddell, pictured, who was Alice's older sister
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It is believed that Carroll was in love with Lorina Liddell, pictured, who was Alice's older sister