The Glittering Prizes

The Glittering Prizes
Genre	Drama
Written by	Frederic Raphael
Directed by	Waris Hussein Robert Knights
Starring	Tom Conti
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Mark Shivas
Running time	80 minutes
Production company	BBC
Release
Original network	BBC2
Original release	21 January (1976-01-21) – 25 February 1976 (1976-02-25)

The Glittering Prizes is a British television drama by Frederic Raphael about the changing lives of a group of Cambridge students, starting in 1952 and following them through to middle age in the 1970s.^[1] It was first broadcast on BBC2 in January 1976^[1] and later adapted into a novel of the same name.

Episodes[]

Episode 1 ‘An Early Life’ aired 21 January 1976
Plot outline: It is the mid-1950s, Adam Morris (Tom Conti) begins his career as a Cambridge undergraduate.

Episode 2 ‘A Love Life’ aired 28 January 1976
Plot outline: Adam marries Barbara (Barbara Kellerman), despite parental opposition, whilst Joyce (Angela Down) finds herself pregnant by Alan (John Gregg (actor)) but marries Dan (Malcolm Stoddard).

Episode 3 ‘A Past Life’ aired 4 February 1976
Plot outline: Adam (Tom Conti) has a bruising encounter with a famous writer Stephen Taylor (Eric Porter) who was once a Fascist sympathizer but goes on to write an Oscar-winning screenplay.

Episode 4 ‘A Country Life’ aired 11 February 1976
Plot outline: Joyce (Angela Down) must finally face up to some unpleasant truths about her seemingly idyllic marriage to Dan (Malcolm Stoddard).

Episode 5 ‘An Academic Life’ aired 18 February 1976
Plot Outline: Accusations of racism are made at a redbrick university featuring, Dinsdale Landen as Gavin Pope, Ray Smith (actor) as Austin Denny, Clive Merrison as Bill Bourne, Suzanne Stone as Joann Bourne, Tim Pigott-Smith as Tim Dent, Carolle Rousseau as Jeanne Dent

Episode 6 ‘A Double Life’ aired 25 February 1976
Plot outline: It’s 1976, Adam (Tom Conti), by now a famous writer, copes with the death of his father and tragedies in the personal lives of some old Cambridge friends.

• Fame and Fortune (2007) novel (sequel to The Glittering Prizes). Broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in six episodes October-November 2007

• Final Demands (2010) novel (sequel to Fame and Fortune). Broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in six episodes March 2010

Cast (selected)[]

References[]

External links[]

• The Glittering Prizes at IMDb