Great Poets: In Their Own Words

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.

Release Date: 2014-08-10

DocumentaryHistory

Casts

Rebecca Front

Narrator (voice)

Simon Armitage

Self

Sarah Churchwell

Self

T. S. Eliot

Self

Germaine Greer

Self

Fiona Shaw

Self

Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)

Sylvia Plath

Self

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