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11/11/2010

BBC Four - Battlefield Poet: Keith Douglas

Documentary exploring the life and work of Second World War poet, Keith Douglas.

Poet Owen Sheers presents a documentary exploring the life and work of Keith Douglas, one of Britain's finest poets of the Second World War, who was killed three days after D-Day.

Documentary exploring the life and work of Keith Douglas, one of Britain's finest poets of the Second World War. Whilst the poets of 1914-18 are generally widely published, those writing during the Second World War are largely forgotten. 

Poet Owen Sheers documents Douglas's extraordinary talents and combat experiences as a tank commander, from the epic battles of the Western Desert to his death in Normandy three days after D-Day.

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