RUDYARD KIPLING: A SECRET LIFE

A truly remarkable portrait of one of the world's greatest writers.

Revealing the story behind the deaths of two of Rudyard Kipling’s three children, creating an evocation of a man who had remarkable gifts, yet had to bear great personal tragedy. 

In 1904, Kipling’s six-year-old daughter Josephine died after illness. In 1916, his son John was killed at the Battle of Loos. Their deaths provoked utter desolation but also gave birth to the elegiac work that lies at the heart of this documentary.

Examining the interaction between his grief and his creative force, Rudyard Kipling: A Secret Life combines deeply moving dramatisations of three of Kipling's most important works - They, Mary Postgate and The Gardener - with distinguished insights from Kipling’s leading biographers.

"It’s just what a documentary ought to be and what most documentaries aren’t." THE INDEPENDENT
Critic's Choice THE SUNDAY TIMES

DURATION

1 x one hour

YEAR OF PRODUCTION

2018

PRODUCED BY

Odyssey Television

COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION

UK

Directors & Producers

Adrian Munsey, Vance Goodwin

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