5.0·1 season·2 episodes·52 min avg.·United Kingdom
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.
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William and Dorothy
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Jul 9, 1978·7.0
The story of the poet William Wordsworth, and of his devoted sister Dorothy.
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Jul 16, 1978·9.0
The troubled life of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
