Six Centuries of Verse Chaucer to Ted Hughes (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 26 min

Six Centuries of Verse

Chaucer to Ted Hughes (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 26 min

A sweeping introduction to English-language poetry. Featured performers: Peggy Ashcroft, Cyril Cusack, Nicholas Gecks, Julian Glover, Lee Remick, Ian Richardson, Gary Watson.

Director

Richard Mervyn

Producer

Richard Mervyn

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Updated May 2, 1984

Release date

May 2, 1984 (United Kingdom)

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Peggy Ashcroft Self - Reader Self - Reader See fewer	A Passage to India (1984)
Cyril Cusack Self - Reader Self - Reader See fewer	Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Nicholas Gecks Self - Reader Self - Reader See fewer	Mutant Chronicles (2008)
John Gielgud Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	Arthur (1981)
Julian Glover Self - Reader Self - Reader See fewer	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Lee Remick Self - Reader Self - Reader See fewer	The Omen (1976)
Ian Richardson Self - Reader Self - Reader See fewer	From Hell (2001)
Gary Watson Self - Reader Self - Reader See fewer	The Devil in the Fog (1968)