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Poetry Prom

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Sir John Betjeman the Poet Laureate introduces and reads with Philip Larkin, Jill Balcon and Gary Watson a programme chosen from Philip Larkin Oxford Book of 20th-century English Verse, including:
Thomas Hardy The Convergence of the Twain
W.B. Yeats The Statesman's Holiday
Robert Graves Welsh Incident
Noel Coward The Boy Actor
Philip Larkin The Whitsun Weddings
Recorded before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London.
Two poets promenading: p 11

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir John Betjeman
Unknown:
Philip Larkin.
Unknown:
Jill Balcon
Unknown:
Gary Watson
Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Unknown:
Philip Larkin
Producer:
George MacBeth

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