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Original Release
05/02/1984 on Channel 4
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Gielgud | Himself - Presenter / Self - Presenter / Self - Host |
Julian Glover | Self - Reader / Reader / Self |
Ian Richardson | Self - Reader / Reader / Performer |
Peggy Ashcroft | Self - Reader / Reader |
Nicholas Gecks | Self - Reader / Reader / Performer / Self |
Stacy Keach | Self - Reader |
Lee Remick | Self - Reader |
Cyril Cusack | Self - Reader |
Gary Watson | Performer / Self - Reader |
Anthony Hopkins | Self - Reader |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Chaucer to Ted Hughes | Wednesday, 02 May 1984 |
2 | Old English | Wednesday, 09 May 1984 |
3 | Chaucer 1340-1400 | Wednesday, 16 May 1984 |
4 | Medieval to Elizabethan 1400-1600 | Wednesday, 23 May 1984 |
5 | Shakespeare 1564-1616 | Wednesday, 30 May 1984 |
6 | Metaphysical and Devotional 1590-1670 | Wednesday, 06 June 1984 |
7 | Milton 1608-1674 | Wednesday, 13 June 1984 |
8 | Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745 | Wednesday, 20 June 1984 |
9 | Romantic Pioneers 1750-1805 | Sunday, 21 October 1984 |
10 | William Wordsworth 1770-1850 | Sunday, 28 October 1984 |
11 | Young Romantics 1800-1824 | Sunday, 04 November 1984 |
12 | Victorians 1837-1901 | Sunday, 11 November 1984 |
13 | American Pioneers 1849-1910 | Sunday, 18 November 1984 |
14 | Romantics and Realists 1870-1920 | Sunday, 25 November 1984 |
15 | Earlier Twentieth Century 1914-1939 | Sunday, 02 December 1984 |
16 | Later Twentieth Century 1934-1984 | Sunday, 09 December 1984 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Gielgud | Himself - Presenter / Self - Presenter / Self - Host |
Julian Glover | Self - Reader / Reader / Self |
Ian Richardson | Self - Reader / Reader / Performer |
Peggy Ashcroft | Self - Reader / Reader |
Nicholas Gecks | Self - Reader / Reader / Performer / Self |
Stacy Keach | Self - Reader |
Lee Remick | Self - Reader |
Cyril Cusack | Self - Reader |
Gary Watson | Performer / Self - Reader |
Anthony Hopkins | Self - Reader |
Ralph Richardson | Reader |
Isla Blair | Self - Reader |
Brian Coburn | Performer |
Gerrard McArthur | Performer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Mervyn | Producer |