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George Orwell: Part 2 - Road to Wigan Pier

Tonight's episode of the five-part Arena biography tells the story of Orwell's marriage to Eileen O'Shaughnessy, his growing political awareness, and retraces what was to be the most important journey of his life - the trip he made to Wigan and the industrial north in 1936, in an attempt to understand the embittered and divided working class of the 30s.

English
  • Originally Aired December 30, 1983
  • Runtime 90 minutes
  • Network BBC Two
  • Notes Is a season finale
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