The Roads to Freedom (TV serial)

The Roads to Freedom
GenreDrama
Based onThe Roads to Freedom
by Jean-Paul Sartre
Written byDavid Turner
Directed byJames Cellan Jones
StarringMichael Bryant
Daniel Massey
Rosemary Leach
Georgia Brown
Alison Fiske
Opening themeLa Route est Dure
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes13
Production
ProducerDavid Conroy
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release22 September (1970-09-22) –
27 December 1970 (1970-12-27)
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The Roads to Freedom is a British 13-part drama serial broadcast on BBC Two in 1970.

Based on the trilogy of novels by Jean-Paul Sartre, The Roads to Freedom deals with the lives of various people in Paris as war with Nazi Germany becomes inevitable. Unusually, the series makes much use of voiceover, using the characters' internal thoughts in the narrative. The series was adapted for television by David Turner and directed by James Cellan Jones. The serial was repeated in 1972 and again in 1977.[1] In July 2022, it was announced that BBC Four would be repeating all 13 episodes. The introduction before the start of this rerun was by Colin Baker, who played the part of Claude.