Season 1

Episode 1

S1 · E1 · 21/01/2006 · 1 h 00 min

Liberty

Peter Ackroyd reveals how the radical ideas of liberty that inspired the French Revolution opened up a world of possibility for British writers such as Blake and Wordsworth.

Episode 2

S1 · E2 · 06/09/2006 · 1 h 00 min

Nature

Series presented by Peter Ackroyd about a group of visionary writers. As the Industrial Revolution took hold, the Romantics embraced nature in search of sublime experience.

Episode 3

S1 · E3 · 13/09/2006 · 1 h 00 min

Eternity

Series presented by Peter Ackroyd about a group of visionary writers. Byron, Keats and Shelley lived short lives but the radical way they lived them would change the world.