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 to The West Wind

Adventures in Poetry - Ode to The West Wind

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Adventures in Poetry - Ode to The West Wind

Daljit Nagra selects the best programme from the BBC's poetry archive.

Daljit Nagra selects Adventures in Poetry - Ode to the West Wind as Duncan Wu explores the impact of Shelley's poem. From 1999.

Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Adventures in Poetry - Ode to the West Wind as Duncan Wu explores the impact and resonance of Shelley's great poem with contributions from Paul Foot, Claire Tomalin, Howard Brenton, Allen Ginsberg, Alice Arnold, F.R. Leavis, Christine Wilder, Tony Targett.

Produced by Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999.

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