Writers' Houses (1973) is a series web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Writers' Houses online in HD.
Writers' Houses — Storyline
Where did great authors of the past live and work? How much was their work affected by the places in which they lived?
Cast & Crew
Writers' Houses — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1973-06-07 |
| Seasons | 3 |
| Episodes | 18 |
| Genre | series |
| Language | English |
| Status | Returning Series |
Writers' Houses — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Charles Darwin Lived Here (1973-06-07) — In the first programme of a new series about the writer's world, Jonathan Miller visits Down House in Kent where Darwin wrote Origin of Species.
- E2: Thomas Hardy Lived Here (1973-06-14) — In the second programme of this series about the writer's world John Arlott visits Hardy's Dorset.
- E3: Jane Austen Lived Here (1973-06-21) — In the third programme of this series about the writer's world, Lord David Cecil visits Chawton, the Hampshire village where Jane Austen wrote "Mansfield Park", "Emma" and "Persuas
- E4: The Brontes Lived Here (1973-07-12) — In the fourth programme of this series about the writer's world, Margaret Drabble visits Haworth Parsonage and the Yorkshire Moors where the Bronte's shared an almost legendary chi
- E5: Rudyard Kipling Lived Here (1973-07-19) — In the fifth programme of this series about the writer's world, Kingsley Amis visits Batemans, the Jacobean house in Sussex where Kipling spent the last 30 years of his life.
- E6: William Cowper Lived Here (1973-07-26) — In the sixth programme of this series about the writer's world, P.J. Kavanagh visits Olney in Buckinghamshire and the house in which Cowper wrote some of the most famous English hy
- E7: Sir Walter Scott Lived Here (1973-08-02) — In the seventh programme of this series about the writer's world, Lady Antonia Fraser visits Abbotsford and explores the extraordinary house which was the fulfilment of a Scottish
- E8: Laurence Sterne Lived Here (1973-08-09) — In the last programme of this series about the writer's world, Michael Frayn visits Shandy Hall, the country rectory near York where Sterne wrote one of the funniest of all English
Season 2
- E1: Lord Byron Lived Here (1974-11-07) — In the first of a series, poet PETER PORTER visits the Byron family seat at Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire, scene of Byron's first poems and first affairs, and discovers a diffe
- E2: George Bernard Shaw Lived Here (1974-11-14) — During his life some people thought Shaw a crank, others a nuisance, others a genius. Some thought he was all of these. For almost half his life Shaw made his home the Hertfordshir
- E3: William Wordsworth Lived Here (1974-11-28) — The Irish poet Seamus Heaney , on his first visit to the Lake District, finds new insights into the relationship between a life lived intensely and the poetry produced during the m
- E4: Thomas Carlyle Lived Here (1974-12-05) — In the mid-19th century Carlyle was to many people a saviour. He seemed to put his finger on all that was wrong with society. In an age of religious uncertainty he was the perfect
Season 3
- E1: J.M. Barrie Lived Here — "Nothing that happens after we are 12 matters very much" wrote J.M. Barrie. The weaver's son who was to win literary success, a knighthood and the affections of generations of chil
- E2: Gilbert White Lived Here (1976-03-26) — When a prim 18th-century curate shouted at bees to see if they could hear or studied the sex life of earthworms by the light of a candle, he cannot have imagined that his observati
- E3: Disraeli Lived Here (1976-04-02) — The third in a series of programmes about writers and their world Maurice Edelman at Hughenden. The Labour mp, MAURICE EDELMAN , who died last December, wrote two novels about Dis
- E4: Dylan Thomas Lived Here (1976-04-09) — From the time he grew up DYLAN THOMAS longed to return to the paradise he felt he had inhabited as a child. The poet DANNIE ABSE feels that this shows through all Dylan Thomas's wo
- E5: John Ruskin Lived Here (1976-04-23) — John Julius Norwich at Brantwnnd When John Ruskin bought a house in the Lake District at the age of 54 he was at the height of his reputation. He was the greatest writer on art and
- E6: Flora Thompson Lived Here (1976-04-30) — The last of six programmes about writers and their world. Flora Thompson, whose trilogy "Lark Rise to Candleford" is regarded by many as a masterpiece, grew up in North Oxfordshir
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Writers' Houses have? 3 season(s) with 18 episodes.
Where can I watch Writers' Houses? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
