Poetry Extra

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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: Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath

Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath

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Daljit Nagra continues with a choice of programmes featuring Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.

Daljit Nagra selects Listening and Writing - Learning to Think and 'Daddy' written and read by Sylvia Plath.  From 1963.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects a special collection of programmes across the month featuring Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.  

And we're joined by Daljit's poetry writing students at Brunel University, London.  

Listening and Writing - Learning to Think with Ted Hughes - is a talk by the writer about the poet's way of thinking.  Including three poems:   

'View of a Pig' and 'Wodwo' by Ted Hughes 
'Bare Almond Trees' by DH Lawrence.

Produced for Schools Radio by Sam Langdon

First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in May 1963

And Three Score and Ten featuring a reading of 'Daddy' by Sylvia Plath - a recording made shortly before she died.

Producer: Sharon Sephton

First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme  in September 1963.

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