Arena | George Orwell: 2: The Road to Wigan Pier

Duration: 53'43''

Synopsis

The story tells of George Orwell'S marriage to Eileen O'Shaughnessy and his growing political awareness (his important trip to Wigan and the industrial North, and his attempt to understand the embittered working classes).

Further Information
Other Archive resources
Nineteen Eighty-Four | BBC Two | 1965

Theatre 625: The World Of George Orwell | 1984: Part 2

Britain has become a province of 'Oceania', one of the three tyrannical world super-powers, locked permanently in a state of war. Big Brother is always watchful from posters and TV screens. Starring David Buck as Winston Smith and Jane Merrow as Julia.
Nineteen Eighty-Four | BBC Two | 1965

Theatre 625: The World Of George Orwell: 1984

Britain has become a province of 'Oceania', one of the three tyrannical world super-powers, locked permanently in a state of war. Big Brother is always watchful from posters and TV screens. Starring David Buck as Winston Smith and Jane Merrow as Julia.