The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge

Overview

Pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer - Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian enigma. He was born and died in Kingston upon Thames, but did his most famous work in California - freezing time and starting it up again, so that for the first time people could see how a racing horse's legs moved. He went on to animate the movements of naked ladies, wrestlers, athletes, elephants, cockatoos and his own naked body, projecting his images publicly with a machine he invented and astounding audiences worldwide with the first flickerings of cinema. Alan Yentob follows in Muybridge's footsteps as he makes - and often changes - his name, and sets off to kill his young wife's lover. With Andy Serkis as Muybridge

Cast

Alan Yentob

Presenter

Andy Serkis

Eadweard Muybridge

Marta Braun

Philip Brookman

Peta Cook

Ann Dumas

Stephen Herbert

Richard Jones

Jonathan Miller

Rebecca Solnit