Plot: A one-off film in which author Beryl Bainbridge chronicles the extraordinary relationship during the 18th century between Samuel Johnson and Hester Thrale, the wife of rich London brewer Henry Thrale, which forms the basis for her latest novel, According to Queeney.
Johnson lived with the Thrales for most of the last 20 years of his life, during which time Hester nursed him through his bouts of melancholia and gout - until she ran off with her daughter Queeney's Italian singing teacher

Arena - Season 1 - According to Beryl (Episode 539)
Episode Aired On:
Saturday, October 6 2001
23 years ago
Saturday, October 6 2001
23 years ago