Episodes
| Title | Comments |
|---|---|
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19930901] | Rosemary Hartill looks at the turbulent political, literary and spiritual life of Dr Jonathan Swift , 18th-century Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin. Reader Bryan Murray. Producer Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19930901] | Unknown: Rosemary Hartill Unknown: Dr Jonathan Swift Reader: Bryan Murray. Producer: Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19930908] | John Donne 's life was turbulent. He faced religious persecution, serious illness, unemployment and poverty. Rosemary Hartill looks at how he wrote some of his best poetry and prose. Reader Garard Green. Producer Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19930908] | Unknown: John Donne Unknown: Rosemary Hartill Reader: Garard Green. Producer: Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19930915] | Parliamentary reporter, thinker, poet and essayist, Dr Samuel Johnson has entertained and provoked millions. Rosemary Hartill explores his religious beliefs, which profoundly influenced his writings. Reader John Wells. Producer Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19930915] | Unknown: Dr Samuel Johnson Unknown: Rosemary Hartill Reader: John Wells. Producer: Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19930922] | Rosemary Hartill looks at how Charlotte Bronte's rebellious attitude to Victorian religion coloured her novels. Reader Dorothy Tutin. Producer Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19930922] | Unknown: Rosemary Hartill Reader: Dorothy Tutin. Producer: Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19930929] | Rosemary Hartill looks at how George Eliot 's agnostic beliefs shaped her novels. Reader Jane Lapotaire. Producer Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19930929] | Unknown: Rosemary Hartill Unknown: George Eliot Reader: Jane Lapotaire. Producer: Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19931006] | Graham Greene was often referred to as a "Catholic" novelist, a term he loathed, preferring "agnostic" instead. Inthelast programme in this series Rosemary Hartill looks at Greene's ambiguous spiritual life. Reader Dominic Letts. Producer Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19931006] | Unknown: Graham Greene Unknown: Rosemary Hartill Reader: Dominic Letts. Producer: Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19940107] | In the first of a series that looks at the effect of religion on the beliefs and writings of authors, Rosemary Hartill looks at the turbulent political, literary and spiritual life of Dr Jonathan Swift , 18th-century Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin, and one of Britain's greatest rhetorical writers. Reader Bryan Murray. Producer Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19940107] | |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19940114] | John Donne suffered religious persecution, serious illness, unemployment and poverty. Rosemary Hartill looks at how he turned these experiences into some of the best prose and poetry. Reader Garard Green. Producer Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19940114] | |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19940121] | Parliamentary reporter, thinker, poet and essayist Dr Samuel Johnson has entertained and provoked millions through the years. Rosemary Hartill explores his religious beliefs. Reader John Wells Producer Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19940121] | Unknown: Dr Samuel Johnson Unknown: Rosemary Hartill Reader: John Wells Producer: Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19940128] | Charlotte Bronte's novels are shot through with her ideas of true and false religion. Rosemary Hartill looks at them and tries to discover why she rebelled against conventional Victorian religion. Reader Dorothy Tutin Producer Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19940128] | Unknown: Rosemary Hartill Reader: Dorothy Tutin Producer: Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19940204] | George Eliot is often seen as the fount of Victorian moral wisdom, yet for years she was shunned by society for casting off conventional religious belief. Rosemary Hartill looks at how Eliot's agnostic beliefs shaped her life and novels. Reader Jane Lapotaire. Producer Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19940204] | Unknown: George Eliot Unknown: Rosemary Hartill Reader: Jane Lapotaire. Producer: Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19940211] | Graham Greene loathed the title "Catholic novelist", yet his works often contain a spiritual or moral dimension. In this last programme, Rosemary Hartill tries to discover what Greene really did believe in. Reader Dominic Letts. Producer Amanda Hancox |
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19940211] |