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POETS' CORNER

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

When Geoffrey Chaucer died in 1400 he was buried in Westminster Abbey. Since those distant days the graves and memorials of poets have clustered in this corner of the Abbey.
In this programme their lives are remembered, and their poems are read on records
Narrator, JOHN Snagge
Written and compiled by MARGARET JORDAN and DAVID LLOYD JAMES

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Chaucer
Narrator:
John Snagge
Unknown:
Margaret Jordan
Unknown:
David Lloyd James
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

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