A not entirely successful account of the early life of miner's son Richard Jenkins, who with the help of his teacher / mentor became Richard Burton. It's a very difficult role to pull off and I'm afraid Harry Lawtey doesn't quite convincingly do it - Toby Jones and Lesly Manville as dependable as ever. (We liked Lawtey in You and Me).
Written by Tom Bulloch and Josh Hyams. Rather gloomily photographed by Stuart Biddlecombe.
It was the second Mr Burton's birthday yesterday November 10. He lived 1925 - 1984. The BBC celebrated by showing one of his worst films, The Robe.
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