Poetry Extra: The Poetry of History

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Poetry Extra: The Poetry of History - TS Eliot and the Blitz

The Poetry of History - TS Eliot and the Blitz

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

Daljit Nagra selects The Poetry of History - TS Eliot and the Blitz presented by Jonathan Bate. From April 2006.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects The Poetry of History - TS Eliot and the Blitz presented by Jonathan Bate. 

How does history influence poetry?

Jonathan Bate visits the sleepy village of Shamley Green and the roof of London's St Paul's Cathedral to uncover the links between TS Eliot's Four Quartets and the raging fires of the Blitz. 

Archive from TS Eliot reading his own poems.

Producer: Martin Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.

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