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18/11/2007

Roger McGough celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Blake with a selection of his most popular verse, read by Samuel West, Janet Suzman and David Collins.

Roger McGough celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Blake with a selection of his most popular verse, read by Samuel West, Janet Suzman and David Collins.

All poems featured in today's programme can be found in The Poetical Works of William Blake published by Oxford University Press

Prologue: O For a Voice Like Thunder
Piping Down the Valleys
A Dream
London
The Tyger
The Schoolboy
A Poison Tree
Preface to Milton 'And did those feet..'
from Jerusalem
To the Accuser who is the God of this World
from Auguries of Innocence
from Vala or The Four Zoas
The Garden of Love
A Little Boy Lost

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 24 Nov 2007 23:30

Broadcasts

  • Sun 18 Nov 2007 16:30
  • Sat 24 Nov 2007 23:30