is a 1985 British musical television film directed by Tony Palmer, written by John Osborne and starring Trevor Howard, Christopher Bramwell and Dave Griffiths.
[1] It was aired on Channel 4 in 1985 and was made to mark the 300th anniversary of Handel's birth.
In his old age in London, the German composer George Frideric Handel reflects over his life and musical career.
Musical excerpts used are:[2] The film was shot for free at the Earl of Oxford and Asquith's house (for Brook Street, London), Chatsworth House for a banquet scene, Drumlanrig Castle for a grand house visited by the boy Handel, as well as other homes of English aristocracy.
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