Inside the Mind of Robert Burns

Inside the Mind of Robert Burns (BBC Documentary Film)

Writer Alan Bissett explores the complex brain of Robert Burns in a quest to discover the real man behind the myths and reveal the conflicts in his life and work. Burns was a poetic genius, but full of contradictions. He was a lover of women, and an exploiter of them; a Republican firebrand, and a social-climbing government excise man; an advocate of freedom who almost became a Caribbean slave master. Alan examines the groundbreaking research that suggests that the poet suffered from bi-polar disorder, a condition that led him to have severe mood swings.

Top Cast

Robert Burns

As Self / Scottish Poet

Alan Bissett

As Self / Presenter

Robyn Stapleton

As

Andrew Rothney

As