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4 Extra Debut. Simon McBurney and Harriet Walter read John Berger’s most personal book - part poetry collection, memoir and love letter.

Simon McBurney reads John Berger's most personal book: part essay, part poetry collection, part memoir and love letter.

McBurney also shares memories of Berger and the house and landscape that inspired the book in the early 1980s.

We first meet Berger in his beloved Haute-Savoie mountains, as he crosses the frontier into Italy and begins a rumination on human conceptions of time, memory, poetry and art, specifically the paintings of Rembrandt.

Harriet Walter reads his poetry.

Abridged and produced by Simon Richardson.

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in April 2017.

15 minutes

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Tue 15 Feb 2022 02:00
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Credits

Reader Simon McBurney
Reader Harriet Walter
Author John Berger
Abridger Simon Richardson
Producer Simon Richardson

Broadcasts

  • Mon 3 Apr 2017 09:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
  • Tue 4 Apr 2017 00:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Mon 14 Feb 2022 14:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 15 Feb 2022 02:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra