'My first love for song and poetry came from my father's passionate devotion to Robert Burns. I can still recite "Holy Willie's Prayer" - which is a good form of self examination for an Archbishop.'
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie , in company with Michael Hordern and Judi Dench , presents a selection of his favourite poetry and prose, before an audience at the BBC's Concert Hall in London. Producer ALEC REID. Stereo
(Re-broadcast on Christmas Eve at 11.0am)
(The Archbishop of Canterbury is
John Dunn guest on Christmas Eve at 5.5pm on Radio 2)