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Liberty

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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.

Peter Ackroyd reveals how the radical ideas of liberty that inspired the French Revolution opened up a world of possibility for great British writers such as William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, inspiring some of the greatest works of literature in the English language. Their ideas are the foundations of our modern notions of freedom and their words are performed by David Tennant, Dudley Sutton and David Threlfall.

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Tue 30 Aug 201123:00

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Credits

RoleContributor
WordsworthDavid Threlfall
RousseauDavid Tennant
BlakeDudley Sutton
DiderotJason Watkins
PaineStuart Milligan
ProducerChris Granlund
ProducerSam Hobkinson
DirectorSam Hobkinson

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