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Weekly opportunity for listeners to revisit the riches of the BBC radio poetry archive

A brand new poetry slot on Radio 4 Extra gives listeners a weekly opportunity to revisit the riches of the BBC radio poetry archive

Poetry Extra: With Great Pleasure - Sean O'Brien

03/01/2002

With Great Pleasure - Sean O'Brien

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, With Great Pleasure - Sean O'Brien

Sean O'Brien's pick of prose and poetry read by Julia Watson and Deka Walmsley.

4 Extra Debut. Daljit Nagra introduces 'With Great Pleasure'. Sean O'Brien's pick of prose and poetry read by Julia Watson and Deka Walmsley.

BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive. 

In 'With Great Pleasure' Sean O'Brien chooses some of his favourite pieces of prose and poetry read by Julia Watson and Deka Walmsley. 

Sit back and enjoy a wander around bits of Charles Dickens, AS Byatt, Virgil, Elizabeth Bishop, Shelly and Blake. It's high class stuff from a high class poet. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.

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