

1976–1976 · BBC Two · Ended
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.
Wednesdays at 10:15 PM London time
This series has ended.
Last aired
S01E06 · A Double Life
1976-02-25
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An Early Life
1976-01-21 · 80 min
A Love Life
1976-01-28 · 80 min
A Past Life
1976-02-04 · 80 min
A Country Life
1976-02-11 · 80 min
An Academic Life
1976-02-18 · 80 min
A Double Life
1976-02-25 · 80 min
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