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Shadowlands

Romantic drama. CS Lewis, Oxford don and well-known children's author, appears to be content with his quiet academic life until he meets the forthright American poet Joy Gresham.

Romantic drama. CS Lewis, Oxford don and well-known children's author, appears to be content with his quiet academic life. Then he agrees to meet American poet Joy Gresham, whose forthright personality seems to be at odds with Lewis's unadventurous routine. But over the course of a Christmas spent together, his feelings begin to change.

2 hours, 3 minutes

Last on

Thu 24 Aug 202321:00
BBC Four

Credits

Jack LewisAnthony Hopkins
Joy GreshamDebra Winger
Warnie LewisEdward Hardwicke
Douglas GreshamJoseph Mazzello
Desmond ArdingJulian Fellowes
Christopher RileyJohn Wood
Arnold DoplissRoddy Maude-Roxby
Rupert ParrishAndrew Hawkins
Doctor CraigPeter Firth
DirectorRichard Attenborough

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