
Their poems have crossed centuries, but now their secrets will be revealed.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an unstable but brilliant poet, becomes friends with the unknown William Wordsworth, and together they set out to recreate English poetry in the spirt of liberty and democracy. As time goes by, cracks begin to appear in the relationship. Sam becomes addicted to opium, while William's ego and ambition distance him further from his friend.

Linus Roache
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

John Hannah
William Wordsworth

Samantha Morton
Sara Coleridge

Emily Woof
Dorothy Wordsworth

Andrea Lowe
Edith Southey

Dexter Fletcher
Humphry Davy

Andy Serkis
John Thelwall

Samuel West
Robert Southey

Colin McCredie
Messenger
John Kane
Jones

Emma Fielding
Mary Wordsworth
Michael N. Harbour
Walsh
William Scott-Masson
Tom Poole

Clive Merrison
Dr Gillman
Guy Lankester
Byron