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Parsing with Passion - Paper 1: 1,000 Years of Spoken English

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In the first of two programmes Michael Rosen examines examination English from Victorian times to the 1960s with his father, Professor Harold Rosen. Wordsmiths such as Sian Phillips, Michael Frayn, Edwin Morgan and Ian Jack talk about how they were taught grammar and literature.

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Rosen
Presenter:
Professor Harold Rosen
Interviewee:
Sian Phillips
Interviewee:
Michael Frayn
Interviewee:
Edwin Morgan
Interviewee:
Ian Jack
Producer:
Pam Wardell
Producer:
Julia Butt
Source: Radio Times

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