The Bronte Business

First transmitted in 1977, Joan Bakewell visits Haworth in Yorkshire, home of the Brontes, to see the setting in which the novelists worked.

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  • Type: Analysis
  • Channel: BBC One
  • Duration: 29'34''
  • Broadcast date: 1977
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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