Author, illustrator, poet, playwright and artist Mervyn Peake, the celebrated author of the 'Gormenghast' series, was born on this day in 1911.
The 1998 documentary below features family, friends, and contemporaries such as Quentin Crisp and celebrates his work and a life cut short by illness.
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