John Betjeman, William Empson
Marking 70 years of poets on Radio 3 and the Third Programme, two recordings from 1958. John Betjeman reads his poem Youth and Age and William Empson reads his poem Missing Dates.
Ian McMillan with another episode and former Poet Laureate John Betjeman reads his poem Youth and Age on Beaulieu River followed by poet and critic William Empson reading his poem Missing Dates. Both from broadcasts in 1958.
Three Score and Ten features archive recordings from the last seven decades of the Third Programme and Radio 3, with 70 remarkable poets reading their own poems. Amongst them T.S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, WH Auden, Seamus Heaney and Carol Ann Duffy. Plus ten brand new poems by contemporary poets commissioned specially for the series and broadcast on The Verb.
Producer: Sharon Sephton; Research by Caitlin Crawford.
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Three Score and Ten 鈥� The poets and their poems, collected
Ian McMillan builds a historic collection of 70 remarkable poets reading their own poems.