A portrait of the Wiltshire Poet Alfred Williams written and narrated by John Wells with Timothy West as Alfred Williams
At the beginning of this century, a young farm-hand created a minor sensation when he chalked Greek verbs on his steam-hammer in the Great
Western Railway Works at Swindon.
Alfred Williams continued his own private war against his surroundings by teaching himself
Greek, Latin and Sanskrit, wrote a definitive account of the railway works. published volumes of Poetry, collections of folk songs as well as translations of traditional Indian fables.
Initial research by HOWARD GOORNEY
Recorded on location in and around Swindon by LLOYD SILVERTHORNE
... a truly heartening Programme
(FINANCIAL TIMES)
Producer
MARGARET WINDHAM Directed by MARTIN JENKINS followed by an interlude