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 The celebrated 17thcentury 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 seems to indicate that Sir Francis was not beyond getting a little help from his friends - namely his over-worked and underpaid secretary. his long-suffering wife, a rather confused visiting Spanish dignitary, not to mention a young and naive chicken farmer ...
Directed by CHERRY COOKSON
(Repeated; Sun 2.30 pm)