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Poetry Prom

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Sir John Betjeman the Poet Laureate introduces and reads with Jill Balcon and Gary Watson a programme of verse which was in the air at the birth of broadcasting in 1922. The programme includes: Edward Thomas Old Man W. B. Yeats Easter. 1916
T. S. Eliot Rhapsody on a Windy Night
Thomas Hardy Last Words to a Dumb Friend
Wilfred Owen Dulce et Decorum Est
D. H. Lawrence Tortoise Family Connections
John Betjeman A Subaltern's Love Song
Recorded before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House. London. Producer GEORGE MACBETH
Sir John introduces another Poetry Prom: Tuesday 21 Aug

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Unknown:
Sir John Betjeman
Producer:
George MacBeth
Source: Radio Times

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