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The Great Libraries - The Wordsworth Trust

Daljit Nagra selects The Great Libraries - The Wordsworth Trust. Presented by Joan Bakewell with readings by Ian McKellen. From 2007.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's poetry archive and selects The Great Libraries - The Wordsworth Trust - which houses the biggest collection of manuscripts by William Wordsworth.

From the series in which Joan Bakewell seeks out the most treasured poetry in some of the UK's great libraries.

Joan visits Dove Cottage in the heart of the Lake District to view rare manuscripts by William Wordsworth and his fellow romantic poets.

With:

David Wilson
Pamela Woof
Richard Stanton

Poetry read by Sir Ian Mckellen.

Produced by Susan Roberts

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 2007.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 16 Oct 2023 00:00

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