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The Romantics

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2006–2011
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The Romantics (2006)
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Visionary looks at a group of writers who changed the way we see the world and examines tales of bloodshed, political turmoil and poetry.Visionary looks at a group of writers who changed the way we see the world and examines tales of bloodshed, political turmoil and poetry.Visionary looks at a group of writers who changed the way we see the world and examines tales of bloodshed, political turmoil and poetry.

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    • Peter Ackroyd
    • Martin Savage
    • Jason Watkins
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      • Peter Ackroyd
      • Martin Savage
      • Jason Watkins
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    Peter Ackroyd
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    Martin Savage
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    • Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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    Jason Watkins
    Jason Watkins
    • Denis Diderot
    • 2006
    David Tennant
    David Tennant
    • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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    Nicholas Shaw
    • John Keats
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    Stuart Milligan
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    • Thomas Paine
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    Blake Ritson
    Blake Ritson
    • Percy Bysshe Shelley
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    Dudley Sutton
    Dudley Sutton
    • William Blake
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    Joseph Millson
    Joseph Millson
    • Lord Byron
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    Richard Henders
    Richard Henders
    • Jacques-Pierre Brissot
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    David Threlfall
    David Threlfall
    • William Wordsworth
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    Trevor Martin
    • Ancient Mariner
    • 2006
    Cara Horgan
    Cara Horgan
    • Mary Shelley
    • 2006
    Rosie Day
    Rosie Day
    • Young Dorothy Wordsworth
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    Antony Hickling
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      • January 21, 2006 (United Kingdom)
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