Wainwright: The Man Who Loved The Lakes

Mar 4, 2007

1h 0m

★ 8.0

Overview

Documentary telling the life story of cult author and renowned fell-walker Alfred Wainwright in England's Lake District.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Richard Albrecht

Self (archive footage)

Alfred Wainwright

Alfred Wainwright (as Nik Wood Jones)

Nik Wood-Jones

Betty Wainwright

Jenny Hull

Young Wainwright

Jack Shalloo

Little Girl

Sarah Marsland

Book Publisher

John Morgan

Ruth (voice)

Linda McCormack

Self - Presenter, 'Desert Island Discs', 1988-2006

Sue Lawley

Self - Wainwright's Biographer

Hunter Davies

Self - Broadcaster and Writer

Eric Robson

Self - Wainwright's Widow

Betty Wainwright

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