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2/12. Heartlands. To some, Shakespeare's Warwickshire feels like the literary heart of Britain - should it? Do we still crave heartlands? Presented by Andrew Motion. With contributions from Jonathan Bate and Sukhdev Sandhu and poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins , William Langland , Anne Stevenson , William Barnes , Elizabeth Barrett
Browning, Ivor Gurney , Geoffrey Hill, AE Housman , Philip Larkin and Edward Thomas. The readers are
David Bradley , Trevor Eaton , Emma Fielding , lain Glen,
Pete Postlethwaite , Sonia Ritter , Simon Russell Beale and Ray Sargeant. Repeated from Sunday

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Presented By:
Andrew Motion.
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Jonathan Bate
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Sukhdev Sandhu
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Gerard Manley Hopkins
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William Langland
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Anne Stevenson
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William Barnes
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Elizabeth Barrett
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Ivor Gurney
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Ae Housman
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Philip Larkin
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Edward Thomas.
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David Bradley
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Trevor Eaton
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Emma Fielding
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Pete Postlethwaite
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Sonia Ritter
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Simon Russell Beale
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Ray Sargeant.
Source: Radio Times

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