A Portrait of Augustus Smith of Scilly (1804-72) by JOHN WILKIE
' His rule was absolute and his word the law. To oppose him spelt ostracism and deportation.'
1 His rents he spent upon the people.'
' The last example of a beneficent autocrat, a peaceful Frederick the Great, but bent on making people happy and prosperous.'
Narrator CHRISTIAN RODSKA
Other parts by MICHAEL SPICE , PAUL NICHOLSON and CAROLINE GOODALL
Contributions by ROBERT DORRIEN-SMITH
, MRS CHRISTOPHER, PETER CLOUGH , ROY COOPER , FRANK GIBSON , ROY GRAHAM ,
RICHARD JENKINS and JOHN WOOSNAM
Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN
BBC Bristol long wave only