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Yeats: The Man and the Echo

Episode 2: An Irish Airman Foresees His Death

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Three Irish writers choose three Yeats poems as inspiration for a story.

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An Irish Airman Foresees His Death

Lynda Radley's poignant story inspired by WB Yeats' sonnet about a World War I fighter-pilot.

An Irish airline pilot with a gambling problem reflects on his life.

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