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THE VOICE OF POETRY

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

DEREK PARKER introduces the voices of poets reading their own poems
CHRISTOPHER MIDDLETON
ODGEN NASH
John Betjeman
Alfred Noyes
ROBERT GRAVES
PHILIP HOBSBAUM
Hilaire Belloc
Compiled from recordings In the BBC Sound Archives

Contributors

Introduces:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
Christopher Middleton
Unknown:
Odgen Nash
Unknown:
John Betjeman
Unknown:
Alfred Noyes
Unknown:
Robert Graves
Unknown:
Philip Hobsbaum
Unknown:
Hilaire Belloc
Source: Radio Times

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