
David Walliams on Philip Larkin
4 Extra Debut. Daljit Nagra introduces David Walliams on Philip Larkin. Featuring biographer Andrew Motion. From November 2010.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s radio poetry archive with David Walliams on Philip Larkin.
Actor David Walliams is a great admirer of Philip Larkin's poetry, and to mark the 25th anniversary of the poet's death, he talked to former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, who wrote a widely acclaimed biography of Larkin, about why he finds this poetry so appealing.
Walliams chooses a selection of the poems he likes best, some well-known and some far less so, to explore the central themes that recur throughout Larkin's work. It's a fascinating three-way meeting of minds: the actor, the biographer and the poet they both admire.
The poems are read by Philip Larkin, Tom Courtenay and Patrick Romer.
Producer: Sara Davies
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in 2010.
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