Anthem For Doomed Youth, Nobody Told Me To Oil My Boots
Poet Daljit Nagra's archive tribute includes Wilfred Owen poems read by Kenneth Branagh, from 1993, and, from 2008, Isaac Rosenberg's poetry in Nobody Told Me To Oil My Boots.
Poetry's Passing Bells
Poet and presenter of Poetry Extra, Daljit Nagra, leads Radio 4 Extra鈥檚 memorial to the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War 鈥� on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month in 1918. Daljit introduces programmes from the 大象传媒 radio archive that traces the impact the First World War had upon poets, both soldiers, and those left behind.
Beginning each edition will be the poetry, and letters, of Wilfred Owen, who died in the weeks before the end of the Great War, in November 1918, aged only 25.
In Anthem for Doomed Youth (Radio 3, 1993), Kenneth Branagh reads some of the most profoundly moving artistic responses to the terrible impact of war ever written.
Nobody Told Me To Oil My Boots (2008)
Sir Antony Sher tells the story of the First World War poet, whose reputation has been overshadowed by many of his better-known contemporaries - but was described by one of them, Siegfried Sassoon, as a genius.
Presenter: Daljit Nagra
Producer: Peter McHugh
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- Wed 7 Nov 2018 14:00大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 8 Nov 2018 02:00大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra