Great Poets: In Their Own Words

Great Poets: In Their Own Words

2014 1h 38mDir. Sarah Ager
DocumentaryHistory

Overview

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

Cast & Crew

Rebecca Front

Rebecca Front

Narrator (voice)

Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage

Self

Sarah Churchwell

Sarah Churchwell

Self

T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot

Self

Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer

Self

L

Liz Lochhead

Self

B

Blake Morrison

Self

E

Ezra Pound

Self

E

Edith Sitwell

Self

Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw

Self

S

Stevie Smith

Self

D

Dylan Thomas

Self

R

R.S. Thomas

Self

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)

A

Anne Sexton

Self

Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

Self

J

John Berryman

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