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The Great Libraries - The Bodleian Library

Daljit Nagra chooses The Great Libraries: The Bodleian Library. Joan Bakewell seeks out treasured poetry. From 2007.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archive in search of the best poetry programmes.

This time he selects an episode of The Great Libraries, the series where Joan Bakewell seeks out the most treasured poetry in some of the UK's great libraries.

In this edition, Joan travels to the Bodleian Library to look at precious manuscripts by poets with an Oxford connection.

With:

Richard Ovenden
Chris Fletcher
Bruce Barker-Benfield

Poetry read by Andrew Motion.

Producer: Susan Roberts

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in March 2007.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 15 May 2023 00:00

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  • Sun 14 May 2023 06:00
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  • Mon 15 May 2023 00:00