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Six Centuries of Verse
TV
Type
1984
Year
1 Season
Seasons
★ 8.0
Rating
Drama
Genre
Sir John Gielgud is joined by an outstanding repertory of actors in this pioneering, imaginative series demonstrating the immense variety and emotional impact of English-language poetry, from the fourteenth century to the contemporary era.
Episodes
1. Chaucer - Ted Hughes
2. Old English
3. Chaucer 1340-1400
4. Medieval - Elizabethan 1400-1600
5. Shakespeare 1564-1616
6. Metaphysical and Devotional 1590-1670
7. Milton 1608-1674
8. Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745
9. Romantic Pioneers 1750-1805
10. Wordsworth 1770-1850
11. Younger Romantics
12. Victorians 1837-1901
13. American Pioneers 1855-1910
14. Romantics and Realists
15. Early Twentieth Century 1914-1939
16. Towards the Present 1934-1984
Cast
John Gielgud
Self - Presenter