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Poetry Prom

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Sir John Betjeman, the Poet Laureate, introduces and reads, with Jill Ballon and Gary Watson, a programme of poems about the sea including
Matthew Arnold: Dover Beach
S. Eliot: from The Dry Salvages
Sir Henry Newbolt: Drake's Drum
Rudyard Kipling: Harp Song of the Dane Women
R. L. Stevenson: Christmas at Sea

Contributors

Presenter:
Sir John Betjeman
Presenter:
Jill Ballon
Presenter:
Gary Watson
Producer:
George MacBeth
Source: Radio Times

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