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Autumn 2010

Episode 3: The Weird Adventures of Eadweard Muybridge

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer - Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian enigma. He was born and died in Kingston upon Thames, but did his most famous work in California - freezing time and starting it up again, so that for the first time people could see how a racing horse's legs moved. He went on to animate the movements of naked ladies, wrestlers, athletes, elephants, cockatoos and his own naked body, projecting his images publicly with a machine he invented and astounding audiences worldwide with the first flickerings of cinema. Alan Yentob follows in Muybridge's footsteps as he makes - and often changes - his name, and sets off to kill his young wife's lover. With Andy Serkis as Muybridge. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Director:
Jill Nicholls
Series Editor:
Alan Yentob
Participant:
Andy Serkis
Producer:
Jill Nicholls
Executive Producer:
David Okuefuna

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