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Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien

Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien

PG2022•48m•8.5/10
Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb
8.5/10(2)

An extraordinary variety of writers, who often suffered terrible adversity throughout their lives, created wonderful places full of happiness in which children lived far from the sorrows of adult life.

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Production

Odyssey Television

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

August 18, 2022

Last Aired

September 8, 2022

Networks

Sky Arts

Created By

Adrian Munsey

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Episode 1
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 2022-08-18
About Lewis Carroll, Arthur Ransome and A. A. Milne.
Episode 2
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2022-08-25
About J. M. Barrie, Beatrix Potter, Edith Nesbit and Frances H. Burnett.
Episode 3
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2022-09-01
About Noel Streatfeild, Enid Blyton, Rudyard Kipling and Kenneth Grahame.
Episode 4
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 2022-09-08
About J. R. R. Tolkien and Erskine Childers.

Cast

Anna Wilson-Jones

Anna Wilson-Jones

Self - Narrator / Additional Voices (voice)

Adrian Munsey

Adrian Munsey

Self - Narrator / Additional Voices (voice)

Sam Marks

Sam Marks

Additional Voices (voice)

Dinah Birch

Self

Kimberley Reynolds

Self

Brian Sibley

Brian Sibley

Self

Peter Hunt

Self

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