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 - Ode On A Grecian Urn

Adventures In Poetry - Ode On A Grecian Urn

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Poet Daljit Nagra chooses the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.

Daljit Nagra selects Adventures in Poetry featuring the poem by John Keats.  Presented by Peggy Reynolds.  From 2001.

To mark 200 years since the death of the poet John Keats, Poet Daljit Nagra visits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Adventures In Poetry - Ode On A Grecian Urn.

Peggy Reynolds talks to classical scholars, artists, and scientists about the resonance and meaning of Keats's masterpiece about a Greek vase, beauty and truth.

Producer - Sara Davies.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

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