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The Glittering Prizes
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | The Glittering Prizes.jpg |
| genre | Drama |
| writer | Frederic Raphael |
| director | Waris Hussein |
| Robert Knights | |
| starring | Tom Conti |
| country | United Kingdom |
| language | English |
| num_seasons | 1 |
| num_episodes | 6 |
| producer | Mark Shivas |
| runtime | 80 minutes |
| company | BBC |
| channel | BBC2 |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired |
Robert Knights
The Glittering Prizes is a British television drama by Frederic Raphael about the changing lives of a group of Cambridge students, starting in 1952 and following them through to middle age in the 1970s. It was first broadcast on BBC2 in January 1976 and later adapted into a novel of the same name.
Episodes
Episode 1 ‘An Early Life’ aired 21 January 1976
Plot outline: It is the mid-1950s, Adam Morris (Tom Conti) begins his career as a Cambridge undergraduate on a scholarship. Some of Adam's views about class and religious faith are tested by an aristocratic fellow undergraduate who shares his rooms. The series's characters are introduced by their involvement in a play by the Cambridge Footlights.
Episode 2 ‘A Love Life’ aired 28 January 1976
Plot outline: Still the mid fifties., Adam marries Barbara (Barbara Kellerman), despite parental opposition, whilst Joyce (Angela Down) finds herself pregnant by Alan (John Gregg) but marries Dan (Malcolm Stoddard).
Episode 3 ‘A Past Life’ aired 4 February 1976
Plot outline: The early 1960s, Adam (Tom Conti) has a bruising encounter with a famous writer Stephen Taylor (Eric Porter) who was once a fascist sympathiser but then goes on to write an Oscar-winning screenplay.
Episode 4 ‘A Country Life’ aired 11 February 1976
Plot outline: The mid sixties. Set at a boys' approved school Joyce (Angela Down) must finally face up to some unpleasant truths about her seemingly idyllic marriage to Dan (Malcolm Stoddard), now a teacher, when their old Cambridge friend Alan (John Gregg (actor)), now a media personality, drops in.
Episode 5 ‘An Academic Life’ aired 18 February 1976
Plot Outline: the late sixties. Accusations of racism are made by student militants at a plate glass university featuring, Dinsdale Landen as Gavin Pope, Ray Smith (actor) as Austin Denny, Clive Merrison as Bill Bourne, Suzanne Stone as Joann Bourne, Tim Pigott-Smith as Tim Dent, Carolle Rousseau as Jeanne Dent.
Episode 6 ‘A Double Life’ aired 25 February 1976
Plot outline: It’s 1976, Adam (Tom Conti), by now a famous writer, copes with the death of his father and tragedies in the personal lives of some old Cambridge friends.
Cast (selected)
| Character | Actor |
|---|---|
| Adam Morris | Tom Conti |
| Barbara Morris | Barbara Kellerman |
| Lionel Morris | Leonard Sachs |
| Joyce Hadleigh/Bradley | Angela Down |
| Dan Bradley | Malcolm Stoddard |
| Barbara Ransome/Parks | Anna Carteret |
| Donald Davidson | David Robb |
| Mike Clode | Mark Wing-Davey |
| Anna Cunningham | Emily Richard |
| Alan Parks | John Gregg |
| Denis Porson | Nigel Havers |
| Bill Bourne | Clive Merrison |
| Stephen Taylor | Eric Porter |
| Gavin Pope | Dinsdale Landen |
References
References
- "BFI Screenonline: Glittering Prizes, The (1976)".
- "The Glittering Prizes {{!}} TVmaze".
- Evans, Jeff. (2001). "The Penguin TV Companion". Penguin Books.
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