The story of an English genius written by RONALD BLYTHE
This film, reshown tonight on the exact anniversary of the artist's birth 200 years ago, evokes the poetry and the beauty of the scenes that Constable painted. It shows how his work also reflected the tensions in his own nature as he struggled to gain recognition for both himself and his art. He lived in a society that was shocked by his originality and indifferent to the freshness of his vision. Narrated by Marius Goring
Voice of Constable GARY BOND
Producer JOHN READ