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The Glittering Prizes
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The Glittering Prizes

1976-01-21 · 75 min / episode · ★ 7.3

Drama

The Glittering Prizes is a six-part British television drama written by Frederic Raphael, broadcast on BBC Two in 1976. From the 1950s to 1970s, a group of Cambridge University students explore their changing lives and the 'glittering prizes' of success, academia and personal fulfillment in a shifting Britain.

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Frederic Raphael
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BBC
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United Kingdom
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Ended

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