Returning to London after travelling in Greece, Byron struggles to be accepted as a poet. But his fortunes are dramatically improved following the overnight success of his poem inspired by his travels, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Suddenly he is the toast of London society and women are throwing themselves at his feet.
Jonny Lee Miller
Lord Byron
Natasha Little
Augusta Leigh
Stephen Campbell Moore
John Cam Hobhouse
Julie Cox
Annabella Milbanke
Vanessa Redgrave
Lady Melbourne
Penny Downie
Lady Judith Milbanke
Sally Hawkins
Mary Shelley
Oliver Milburn
Scrope Davies
Camilla Power
Caroline Lamb
Branka Katić
Teresa Guiccioli
Pauline Moran
Mrs Curtin
Julian Firth
Thomas Moore
Nicholas Pritchard
Colonel Leigh
Jean-François Wolff
Tita
Mark Bazeley
Trelawney
David Ryall
Sir Ralph Milbanke
Matthew Scurfield
Bruno
Dido Miles
Six Mile Bottom Cook
Kevin Hudson
Servant (uncredited)