Eileen Atkins has played many leading roles in the theater, in both classical and contemporary plays. She won the Evening Standard Award as Best Actress for her performance in "The Killing of Sister George". She has also appeared on television and in film, including in "The Cranford Chronicles", "Waking the Dead", "David Copperfield", and "Gosford Park".
Join us on a fascinating ramble through the towns and villages of the British Isles during the last four hundred years in the company of some of its most illustrious chroniclers, including Jane Austen, William Cobbett, Daniel Defoe, Sir Walter Scott, Virg...[SEE MORE]