The Glittering Prizes

Miniseries

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From the 1950s to 1970s, a group of Cambridge University students explore their changing lives and the 'glittering prizes' of success, academia and personal fulfillment in a shifting Britain.

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6 Episodes

  • An Early Life
    E1
    An Early Life1953: Adam Morris wins a scholarship to Cambridge, a stepping stone for those with ambition to build lives and careers. In his first year, he makes several new friends and a few enemies. He sets out to antagonise his upper-class roommate but soon finds himself in deeper water than he'd anticipated.
  • A Love Life
    E2
    A Love Life1955: in their final year, Adam's friends prepare for life on the outside, some by laying the foundation stones of their careers, many pairing off in the marriage stakes, a few by doing both.
  • A Past Life
    E3
    A Past Life1960: Adam publishes his first novel, starts to write for film, and decides to confront a formidable adversary — the brilliant but dangerous Stephen Taylor, a prominent supporter of 1930s British fascism.
  • A Country Life
    E4
    A Country Life1964: Alan Parks, now a notorious television interviewer, decides to visit the country with his wife Barbara. They descend on old friends Joyce and Dan Bradley, disrupting their quiet lives.
  • An Academic Life
    E5
    An Academic Life1970: Bill Bourne returns from America to work at a new university where several of his old college friends are now teaching. They find themselves taunted by a new generation of students for their outdated 'Cambridge' approach to life.
  • A Double Life
    E6
    A Double Life1976: Adam, now a rich and successful writer, has more than his share of the 'glittering prizes'. He's happily married, with two children. Despite all this, Adam is still dissatisfied, and he attempts to come to terms with his material success by leading a double life.

Cast of Miniseries

  • Frederic RaphaelWriter
  • Mark ShivasProducer

 

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