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  • 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
  • 30m
  • 1h 30m (3 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
Documentary series in which writer Andrew O'Hagan goes on a journey to find the people and places which inspired Scotland's national bard, on the 250th anniversary of his birth.

3 episodes

Series Premiere

2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z30m

Writer Andrew O'Hagan asks what made Robert Burns one of the world's favourite poets.

2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z30m

Andrew O'Hagan asks whether Burns's image of 'the heaven-taught ploughman' fit the truth.

2011-02-08T00:00:00Z

1x03 Episode 3

1x03 Episode 3

  • 2011-02-08T00:00:00Z30m

Burns leaves behind the Edinburgh highlife to become an exciseman in Dumfries.

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