A series of 13 programmes Written and presented by Robert Kee 6: Parnell
No man ever disturbed British democratic politics so profoundly as Charles Stewart Parnell. He raised Irish national political feeling to the most effective level it had ever achieved, and no British Prime Minister could rule without taking Parnell into consideration. His rise was meteoric; his fall was equally so. Overnight he lost his power in one of the greatest sexual scandals in the history of politics.
Music composed by FRANCIS SHAW Series producer jeremy ISAACS Producer JENNY CROPPER