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Anglo-Saxon Portraits

Episode 13: Caedmon, the Oldest Surviving English Poet

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Writer David Almond discusses Caedmon, the earliest English poet whose name is known, said to be an illiterate herdsman who began to write it during a dream. Show more

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.