BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Synopsis

Poet Simon Armitage goes on the trail of one of the jewels in the crown of British poetry, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, written about 600 years ago by an unknown author. The poem has got just about everything - it is an action-packed adventure, a ghost story, a steamy romance, a morality tale and the world's first eco-poem. Armitage follows in the footsteps of the poem's hero, Gawain, through some of Britain's most beautiful and mystical landscapes and reveals why an absurd tale of a knight beheading a green giant is as relevant and compelling today as when it was written.

Main Cast

Simon Armitage

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Simon Armitage
Production	Producer	Tim Dunn
Directing	Director	Tim Dunn
Department	Role	Name

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