The House of Learning by MARTYN WADE with Freddie Jones as Sir Francis Bacon Nigel Hawthorne as Rawley Mary Wimbush as Lady Alice William Nighy as Robert Celebrated 17th-century writer, philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon was considered to be a man of great brilliance and invention. Or was he? This ' reconstruction ' of the last few months of his life seem to indicate that Sir Francis was not beyond getting a little help from his friends.... Directed by CHERRY COOKSON