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The Glittering Prizes

The Glittering Prizes

1

Season

1976

8.4

Twenty years in the lives of some Cambridge undergraduates, who all find that the real world of a changing Britain is a hard place.

Episode List

An Early Life

S1 • E1

An Early Life

In the mid-1950s, Adam Morris begins his career as a Cambridge undergraduate.

A Love Life

S1 • E2

A Love Life

Adam marries Barbara, despite parental opposition, whilst Joyce finds herself pregnant by Alan but marries Dan.

A Past Life

S1 • E3

A Past Life

Adam has a bruising encounter with a famous writer who was once a Fascist sympathizer, but goes on to write an Oscar-winning screenplay.

A Country Life

S1 • E4

A Country Life

Joyce must finally face up to some unpleasant truths about her seemingly-idyllic marriage to Dan.

An Academic Life

S1 • E5

An Academic Life

Accusations of racism are made at a redbrick university.

A Double Life

S1 • E6

A Double Life

In 1976, Adam, by now a famous writer, copes with the death of his father and tragedies in the personal lives of some old Cambridge friends.

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Cast

Tom Conti

Tom Conti

Adam Morris

Barbara Kellerman

Barbara Kellerman

Barbara Morris

Mark Wing-Davey

Mark Wing-Davey

Mike Clode

Clive Merrison

Clive Merrison

Bill Bourne

Emily Richard

Emily Richard

Anna Cunningham

John Gregg

John Gregg

Alan Parks

Malcolm Stoddard

Malcolm Stoddard

Dan Bradley

Roger Hammond

Roger Hammond

Ronald Brathwaite

Nigel Havers

Nigel Havers

Denis Porson

Jeremy Child

Jeremy Child

John Cadman

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