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Great Lives: WH Auden

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WH Auden

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Broadcaster Jeremy Vine chooses the poet, WH Auden.

Broadcaster Jeremy Vine chooses the poet, WH Auden. With Matthew Parris and Richard Davenport-Hines. From August 2006.

BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine chooses the poet, WH Auden. 

Jeremy and presenter Matthew Parris dispute the relative merits and attractions of WH Auden's poetry. 

They are joined by biographer Richard Davenport-Hines, who believes that you need to understand the man's life to appreciate his work.

Producer: Jolyon Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006.

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