Byron

Considered one of the most brilliant minds of his age.

Released

2003

Directed By

Julian Farino

Starring

Jonny Lee Miller

Philip Glenister

Michael Elwyn

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Poster for British miniseries, Byron.

Synopsis

‘Mad, bad and dangerous to know’, this TV film follows Lord Byron as he becomes the toast of London following the success of his poem, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage

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Byron Scenes on Gozo

Two men on horsebacak face each other in a barren landscape.
Before the rescue.
Two men sit on a rooftop, on low chairs under a red and gold canopy.
Meeting with the Turkish Governor in a rooftop setting with sweeping views of Gozo’s landscape.
A group of men stand on the sea shore.
Byron is told the news about Shelley.
A group of men gather beside a funeral pyre on a sandy beach.
Shelley's funeral pyre on Ramla Beach.

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Did You Know?

It’s uncertain if Lord Byron ever visited Gozo, but he certainly made it to Malta—and was less than impressed. In his poem Farewell to Malta, Byron famously wrote, “Adieu, ye cursed streets of stairs! (How surely he who mounts you swears!),” capturing his disdain for the capital, Valletta.

Perhaps it’s this sentiment that leads many to misattribute the phrase “Yells, Bells, and Smells” to him. In reality, it was coined by an anonymous Scottish soldier and shared with actor David Niven when he arrived for an army posting in 1929. Niven later included it in his excellent autobiography, The Moon’s a Balloon.

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