Poetry Extra: Adventures In Poetry

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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: Adventures In Poetry - Daffodils by William Wordsworth

Adventures In Poetry - Daffodils by William Wordsworth

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Adventures In Poetry - Daffodils by William Wordsworth

Poet Daljit Nagra chooses the very best from the BBC's Poetry archive.

Daljit Nagra selects Adventures in Poetry – Daffodils by William Wordsworth.  Presented by Peggy Reynolds. From 2000.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive and chooses Adventures in Poetry – Daffodils by William Wordsworth.

Peggy Reynolds looks at the lasting impact of one of the best-known poems in the language.

With the help of an academic, a Lake District writer, the poet's most recent biographer, the secretary of the Daffodil Society, a rap artist, a teacher, her pupils and the poet Gillian Clarke.   

From the series exploring the background, effect and lasting appeal of some of our best-loved and most familiar poems.   

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000.

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