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Impressions of Honfleur, Reunions in Rouen

Episode 3 of 3

Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee trace Oscar Wilde to Rouen, where he rekindled his relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas.

Series in which Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee explore the connections between a group of Victorian writers and artists who crossed the English Channel for different reasons.

The series ends in Rouen, where Oscar Wilde rekindled his relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas after a lonely summer in exile outside Dieppe. The museum in Rouen also holds a collection of paintings by Monet, Sisley and Walter Sickert's friend and patron - Jacques Emile Blanche.

Oscar Wilde ...... Simon Russell Beale
Claude Monet ...... Jonathan Tafler
Walter Sickert ...... Stephen Critchlow.

30 minutes

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Sun 15 Nov 2015 05:30

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  • Thu 6 Nov 2008 11:30
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