Great Poets: In Their Own Words

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.

Release Date: 2014-08-10

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Rebecca Front

Narrator (voice)

Simon Armitage

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Sarah Churchwell

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T. S. Eliot

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Germaine Greer

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Fiona Shaw

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Allen Ginsberg

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Sylvia Plath

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