Walking with Tennyson

Synopsis

Walking With Tennyson is a new television series that invites viewers to step back in time and walk in the footsteps of one of Britain’s greatest poets, Alfred Lord Tennyson. Combining literary exploration, historical insight, and evocative location filming, the series offers an intimate and atmospheric journey into the life, work, and lasting legacy of the Poet Laureate who defined a generation.

Across six episodes, the programme follows the landscapes that shaped Tennyson’s imagination, beginning in Somersby, Lincolnshire—his birthplace and spiritual home. Through carefully selected recitations of his poetry, each episode brings Tennyson’s words vividly to life within the very environments that inspired it.

The series places Tennyson’s work within the broader social and personal context of the Victorian era, exploring how his poetry was influenced by family, faith, loss, love, and the profound changes taking place in Britain at the time.

More than a literary study, Walking With Tennyson is a reflective and accessible journey that connects past and present, encouraging viewers to slow down, listen, and rediscover the relevance of poetry today.