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The World According to Robert Burns

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The World According to Robert Burns: Episode 2

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Andrew O'Hagan asks whether Burns's image of 'the heaven-taught ploughman' fit the truth.

Andrew O'Hagan continues his search for the people and places which inspired Scotland's national bard, asking whether Burns's image of 'the heaven-taught ploughman' fit the truth.

Celebrity beckons for Robert Burns as writer Andrew O'Hagan continues on his journey to find the people and the places which inspired Scotland's national bard. Almost immediately on his arrival in Edinburgh, Burns was feted as a genius, 'the heaven-taught ploughman'. But did this image fit the truth?

Writer Andrew O'Hagan goes on a journey to find out what inspired Scotland's national bard

Documentary series in which writer Andrew O'Hagan goes on a journey to find the people and places which inspired Scotland's national bard, on the 250th anniversary of his birth

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