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Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Wed, 9pm, BBC2 (Wales, BBC1)
With his mellifluous baritone voice, on-screen charisma and notorious relationship with Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton was famous for films like The Robe and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Now, the extraordinary story of how a miner’s son from Wales became one of the most celebrated actors of his generation is told in a new BBC documentary, Richard Burton: Wild Genius, to mark what would have been the star’s 100th birthday.
‘As a Welsh person, the first voice you hear isn’t your mother’s, it’s Richard Burton’s. He’s the perfect example of a Welsh success story,’ says Michael Sheen, who appears in the documentary with fellow actors Gabriel Byrne, Iwan Rheon, Dame Sian Phillips and Claire Bloom.
Burton was born Richard…
