A dramatized account of a Victorian cause célèbre, written by John Osborne and concerning the true story of the last person in England to be tried for blasphemy. Richard Burton plays John George Holyoake, a social reformer who goes on trial for speaking in public about his atheist views. Rachel Roberts plays his wife, and the programme is introduced by Face to Face inquisitor John Freeman.
Richard BurtonGeorge Holyoake
George DevineMr. Justice Erskine
Rachel RobertsMrs. Holyoake
John FreemanNarrator
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Ballet performance by The Royal Ballet, recorded at Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, July 1984.
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Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, where three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
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Adaptation of Arthur Miller's semi-autobiographical play about Quentin, a Jewish intellectual from New York who must reexamine his life and his troubled relationship with Holga.
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