Inside the Mind of Robert Burns

BBC Documentary Film

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.

• Release date
• January 21, 2020
• Runtime
• 58 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Les Wilson

Cast

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Robert Burns Self / Scottish Poet

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Alan Bissett Self / Presenter

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Robyn Stapleton Andrew Rothney