58'
2020-01-21
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BBC Documentary Film
Overview:
Writer Alan Bissett explores the complex brain of Robert Burns in a quest to discover the real man behind the myths and reveal the conflicts in his life and work. Burns was a poetic genius, but full of contradictions. He was a lover of women, and an exploiter of them; a Republican firebrand, and a social-climbing government excise man; an advocate of freedom who almost became a Caribbean slave master. Alan examines the groundbreaking research that suggests that the poet suffered from bi-polar disorder, a condition that led him to have severe mood swings.
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- English
- List of companies:
- BBC Scotland
- Caledonia TV Productions
- Vote Count: 0
- Popularity: 0.2992
- Status: Released
- Original title:Inside the Mind of Robert Burns
