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Time For Verse: Charles Causley and Blithe Sprits: Pets

Daljit Nagra selects Time for Verse featuring Charles Causley and Blithe Spirits on poetry written about pets! From 1988 and 2001.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the ѿý's poetry archive and selects two programmes: Time For Verse: Charles Causley and Blithe Sprits on poetry written about pets.

Time For Verse: Charles Causley – Ep 1/5
George MacBeth talks to Cornish poet, Charles Causley. Poems: “Betjeman 1984”; “Armistice Day”; “Nursery Rhyme Of Innocence And Experience”. Reader - Michael Deacon.

Producer - Alec Reid
First broadcast on ѿý Radio 4 in 1988.

Blithe Sprits - 5/5 Pets
Cats, dogs and even hares have inspired great poetry, often written by their owners when the animals died. In this programme, Joanna Pinnock explores the roles of pets in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and finds out why they make such good subjects for epitaphs.

Producer – Brett Westwood.

First broadcast on ѿý Radio 4 in 2001.

30 minutes

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