Robert Burns
Self / Scottish Poet
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.
Homepage | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dnsf |
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Release Date | 2020-01-21 |
Runtime | 58m |
Director | Les Wilson |
Producer | Julie McCrone |
Writer | Alan Bissett |