The Glittering Prizes: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Glittering Prizes is a series of six teleplays chronicling the changing lives of friends who first meet at Cambridge University.

Meeting as undergraduates in the early fifties, the drama explores the hopes and dreams of a group of idealistic young students, following their intertwining lives into the turbulent sixties, and on through the successes and disillusionments of the seventies as they achieve contrasting levels of worldly success.

Series details

• Title: The Glittering Prizes
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1976-01-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 1976-02-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 80 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 24338
• IMDb ID: tt0073999
• TVDB ID: 103481

Cast and credited roles

• Tom Conti — Adam Morris
• Barbara Kellermann — Barbara Morris
• Leonard Sachs — Lionel Morris
• Nigel Havers — Denis Porson

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1976-01-21; final listed air date 1976-02-25; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Glittering Prizes on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.