Release Date

09 Jul, 1978

Runtime

00:52: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

2/1

Synopsis

Between 1798 and 1812, the wild, romantic country of the English Lake District saw an intense concentrated flowering of literary genius. At its centre is poet William Wordsworth, born in the region, who lived there almost all his life with his beloved sister Dorothy. Around him, as the genius of the age, gathered other poets and writers – Robert Southey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Thomas de Quincey.

Original Title

Clouds of Glory

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Miniseries

08 Jul, 1978

Between 1798 and 1812, the wild, romantic country of the English Lake District saw an intense concentrated flowering of literary genius. At its centre is poet William Wordsworth, born in the region, who lived there almost all his life with his beloved sister Dorothy. Around him, as the genius of the age, gathered other poets and writers – Robert Southey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Thomas de Quincey.

Created By

Melvyn Bragg

Ken Russell

Actors

David Warner

Felicity Kendal

Crew

Ken Russell

Melvyn Bragg

Ken Russell

Diana Bramwell

Norman Swallow

Dick Bush

Anthony Ham

Doreen Jones

Frank Bridge

Margaret Coombes

Michael Grimes

Alan Rutter

Shirley Russell