Dramatisation of Thomas De Quincey's 1821 account of his addiction to laudanum. 2009-12-09T06:17:05Z tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:/iplayer/feed/episode/b00l987f BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00l987f 2009-06-20T23:51:37Z

Dramatisation of Thomas De Quincey's 1821 account of his addiction to laudanum.

<p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00l987f/Classic_Serial_Confessions_of_an_English_OpiumEater/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00l987f_150_84.jpg" alt="Classic Serial: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" /> </a> </p> <p> Dramatisation of Thomas De Quincey's 1821 autobiographical account of his consumption of the liquid opiate laudanum and his painful and surreal descent into addiction. </p>