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Inside the Mind of Robert Burns (2020)
Directed by Les Wilson
“BBC Documentary Film”
Documentary · 58m
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
Andrew Rothney
Crew
- Director
- Les Wilson
- Writer
- Alan Bissett
- Editor
- Craig Nicol
- Producer
- Julie McCrone
Details
- Release date
- 2020-01-21
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Production
- BBC Scotland, Caledonia TV Productions