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Classic Serial: The Aeneid: 1

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Ralph Fiennes and Derek Jacobi star in a two-part dramatisation of Virgil's epic poem, translated by C. Day Lewis and adapted by Tom Holland.

The city of Troy has been destroyed by the Greeks, and Prince Aeneas is forced to seek a new land and a new destiny, as foretold by the Gods. His adventures take him to Carthage, where he falls in love with Queen Dido, but their happiness comes to a tragic end.

(Repeated from Sunday)

Contributors

Author:
null Virgil
Translated by:
C. Day Lewis
Adapted by:
Tom Holland
Aeneas:
Ralph Fiennes
The narrator:
Derek Jacobi
Queen Dido:
Gina McKee
Venus:
Diana Quick
The Sibyl:
Anna Massey
[Actor]:
Sean Barrett
[Actor]:
Bill Wallis
[Actress]:
Alice Arnold
[Actor]:
Andrew Sachs
Source: Radio Times

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