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Great Poets: In Their Own Words

20141h 38mMovieDocumentaryHistory

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

DirectorSarah Ager
WriterJohn Mullen
ProducersSarah Ager·Julian Birkett

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Cast · Directed by Sarah Ager

RFRebecca Front
Rebecca Front
Narrator (voice)
SASimon Armitage
Simon Armitage
Self
SCSarah Churchwell
Sarah Churchwell
Self
TET. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
Self
GGGermaine Greer
Germaine Greer
Self
LL
Liz Lochhead
Self
BM
Blake Morrison
Self
EP
Ezra Pound
Self
ES
Edith Sitwell
Self
FSFiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw
Self
SS
Stevie Smith
Self
DT
Dylan Thomas
Self

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