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Poetry Up to Now

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A Vision of Order
Peter Porter , in the fourth of eight programmes on poetry in Britain since the war, considers the work of a number of poets who seem to him to value tradition because it is all that separates them from a random universe. They include
R. S. Thomas. Vernon Scannell , Patricia Beer , Dannie Abse , Alan Brownjohn , Anthony Thwaite and Geoffrey Hill. Readers
FREDA DOWIE , GARARD GREEN and the poets themselves
Producer PRUDENCE SMITH

Contributors

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Peter Porter
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R. S. Thomas.
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Vernon Scannell
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Patricia Beer
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Dannie Abse
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Alan Brownjohn
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Anthony Thwaite
Readers:
Geoffrey Hill.
Readers:
Freda Dowie
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Garard Green
Producer:
Prudence Smith
Source: Radio Times

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