Larkin Revisited

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Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, unpicks Philip Larkin's poems in his centenary year.

Across ten programmes and ten Philip Larkin poems, Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, finds out what happens when he revisits and unpicks Larkin's work in his centenary year.

Across ten programmes and ten iconic Phillip Larkin poems, Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, finds out what happens when he unpicks Larkin's poems in his centenary year, and lets the language that entered the culture resonate as he goes about his own life as a poet.

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Larkin Revisited: Talking in Bed

Talking in Bed

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Simon Armitage explores Philip Larkin's poem Talking in Bed.

Across ten programmes and ten Philip Larkin poems, Simon Armitage, the Poet Laureate, finds out what happens when he revisits and unpicks Larkin's work in his centenary year.

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Simon Armitage explores Philip Larkin's poem Talking in Bed. 

In Talking in Bed Larkin depicts a couple who are struggling to communicate - to find words 'at once true and kind,/ Or not untrue and not unkind.' Does this poem still speak to us meaningfully about the difficulty of intimate relationships? 

Producer: Faith Lawrence
Mixed by: Sue Stonestreet

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