Season 1

12 episodes January 14, 1970

Episodes

1 Jeremy Brett as Byron Jan 14, 1970 No ratings 2 A Selection from E.E. Cummings Jan 21, 1970 No ratings 3 Alec McCowen as Van Gogh Jan 28, 1970 No ratings 4 Margaret Tyzack as Mrs. Beeton Feb 4, 1970 No ratings 5 Tom Courtenay as D.H. Lawrence Feb 11, 1970 No ratings 6 Little Gidding Feb 18, 1970 No ratings 7 Eileen Atkins as Mary Kingsley Feb 25, 1970 No ratings 8 Ian McKellen as John Keats Mar 4, 1970 No ratings 9 Janet Suzman as Charlotte Brontë Mar 11, 1970 No ratings 10 Roy Dotrice as Anton Chekhov Mar 18, 1970 No ratings 11 Michael Jayston as Wilfred Owen Mar 25, 1970 No ratings 12 Eric Porter as Leo Tolstoy Apr 1, 1970 No ratings