Turner: The Man Who Painted Britain

Turner: The Man Who Painted Britain

59 mins | Documentary, History | March 17, 2002

While Joseph Mallord William Turner is considered by many to be Britain's greatest landscape painter, his private life reveals a man of extremes and contradictions. This docudrama explores the extraordinary story of a brilliant self-made man.

Turner: The Man Who Painted Britain

59 mins | Documentary, History | March 17, 2002

Turner: The Man Who Painted Britain
While Joseph Mallord William Turner is considered by many to be Britain's greatest landscape painter, his private life reveals a man of extremes and contradictions. This docudrama explores the extraordinary story of a brilliant self-made man.
Producers BBC One
Original title Turner: The Man Who Painted Britain
Directors Edward Bazalgette
Writers Steve Attridge

Cast

Tim Marlow

as Host

Ross Boatman

as Turner

Julie Maisey

as Prostitute