The Dreams of William Golding - Arena

BBC Four HD

10:50 PM to 12:20 AM

Monday 22 September

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A 2012 profile of the writer, from impoverished schoolmaster whose first novel Lord of the Flies was published when he was 43, through to his winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983, to his death 10 years later. The film has unprecedented access to his unpublished diaries, in which he recorded his dreams - revealing his private obsessions and insecurities. The author's children, Judy and David, speak frankly about their father's demons, while other contributors include playwright Nigel Williams and author Stephen King. Benedict Cumberbatch reads extracts from Golding's work