The Glittering Prizes

tv show

poster for The Glittering Prizes

6 total episodes

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1 seasons

First Aired January 21, 1976

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Overview

The Glittering Prizes is a British television drama about the changing lives of a group of Cambridge students, starting in 1952 and following them through to middle age in the 1970s. It was first broadcast on BBC2 in 1976.

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An Academic Life

Season 1 - Episode 5 - 0h 0m

Air Date

February 18, 1976

Overview

In 1970, Bill Bourne returns from America to work at a new university where several of his old college friends are now teaching. They find themselves taunted by a new generation of students for their outdated 'Cambridge' approach to life.