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Poetry 2012: The Written World

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A poem to capture the spirit of every nation competing at the 2012 Games.

The Written World brings worldwide poetry to the airwaves with a poem to capture the spirit of every nation competing at the 2012 Games.

Poetry 2012: The Written World: Great Britain: Jim Broadbent

Great Britain: Jim Broadbent

27/07/2012

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Celebrating poetry worldwide with a poem from Great Britain read by Jim Broadbent.

A poem to capture the spirit of every nation competing at the 2012 Games. A sparrow speaks for the British Isles in Hedge Sparrows by Richard Price, read by actor Jim Broadbent.

A chatty and humorous sparrow, nostalgic and sociable, speaks for the whole of the British Isles in Hedge Sparrows by Richard Price. The poem for Great Britain is read by actor Jim Broadbent. 

Poetry 2012 - The Written World, a BBC collaboration with The Scottish Poetry Library, creating a unique picture of the nations of the world in verse.

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