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Synopsis:
New series. Peter Ackroyd's historical drama tracing the effects of English literature on the past. Set in the 18th century, the programme begins by examining the ideas of philosopher Denis Diderot and Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the part they played in the development of the French Revolution, as well as their impact on British poetry. David Tennant, Dudley Sutton and David Threlfall star
Cast:
Joseph Millson as Lord Byron, Nicholas Shaw as John Keats, Trevor Martin as Ancient Mariner, Stuart Milligan as Thomas Paine, David Threlfall as William Wordsworth, Dudley Sutton as William Blake, Martin Savage as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, David Tennant as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jason Watkins as Denis Diderot, Richard Henders as Jacques Pierre Brissot, Rafe Spall as John Clare, Blake Ritson as Percy Bysshe Shelley, Cara Horgan as Mary Shelley
Credits:
Peter Ackroyd - Scriptwriter
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