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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
Documentary
History
Casts
Rebecca Front
as Narrator (voice)
Simon Armitage
as Self
Sarah Churchwell
as Self
T. S. Eliot
as Self
Germaine Greer
as Self
Fiona Shaw
as Self
Allen Ginsberg
as Self (archive footage)
Sylvia Plath
as Self
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