War Poets of 39 'He died who loved to live', they'll say,
'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
DENNIS MCHARRIE
The unsentimental voice of experience characterises the poems of the Second World War. Dennis McHarrie bitterly records the death of a fellow airman.
Spike Milligan was driven to write his first poem by the sound of the London Scottish burying their dead.
General Sir John Hackett introduces dramatised readings of the work of airmen, soldier, sailor and women poets who give a unique insight on war, and commends the work of the Salamander Oasis Trust who have published them. Cast
PAUL MCGANN , PAUL JESSON
NEIL DUDGEON , IRENE RICHARD Designers JOHN HILL ,GEOFF POWELL Associate producer LUCY PARKER Producer PETER LEE-WRIGHT
Open Space is the series where the public can make programmes under their own editorial control with help from the Community Programme Unit.
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