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Poetry Prom

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Sir John Betjeman , the Poet Laureate, introduces and reads, with Jill Balcon and Gary Wat son, a programme of poems about Christmas including:
JOHN MILTON This is the Month HAROLD MONRO The Curate's Christmas Eve
T. S. ELIOT The Journey of the Magi G. R. sims: In the Workhouse,
Christmas Day
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON : Christmas at Sea
Recorded before an Invited audience in the BBC Concert Hall in London.
Producer GEORGE MACBETH Preview: page 18

Contributors

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Sir John Betjeman
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Jill Balcon
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Gary Wat
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John Milton
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Harold Monro
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T. S. Eliot
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Producer:
George MacBeth
Source: Radio Times

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