Inside the Mind of Robert Burns

01/21/2020

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0hr 58min

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Documentary

BBC Documentary Film

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Robert Burns
  • Alan Bissett
  • Robyn Stapleton
  • Andrew Rothney

    Director

  • Les Wilson

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • BBC Scotland
  • Caledonia TV Productions

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

  • English