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The Glittering Prizes was a critical sensation when it premiered in the late 1970s. Frederic Raphael’s tale portrays the hopes and frustrations of an entire generation through the story of a group of friends who meet the prestigious Cambridge University in the 1950s. Tom Conti and Barbara Kellerman lead an outstanding ensemble cast in a series of six 80-minute episodes that follow the evolution of these privileged, idealistic college students through the turbulent 1960s and into the 1970s where their lives diverge and they struggle with emotional disillusionment and varying levels of worldly success. Contemporary issues of the time - sexual politics, abortion, class, religion, racism, homosexuality, the ascendency of the media, yob culture, the erosion of pre-war values and the legacy of fascism are all explored in this sumptuous and rewarding series.

Now finally available on DVD, this 3-disc collection also includes the half hour documentary ‘Writers and Places: All That Glittered’, where writer Frederic Raphael visits Cambridge and discusses how the university and his experiences there influenced his writing.