Film
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
2014 · 1h 38m · Documentary · History
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Overview
A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.
Cast
Rebecca Front
Narrator (voice)
Simon Armitage
Self
Sarah Churchwell
Self
T. S. Eliot
Self
Germaine Greer
Self
Liz Lochhead
Self
Blake Morrison
Self
Ezra Pound
Self
Edith Sitwell
Self
Fiona Shaw
Self
Stevie Smith
Self
Dylan Thomas
Self
R.S. Thomas
Self
Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)
Anne Sexton
Self
Sylvia Plath
Self
Crew
- Sarah AgerProducer · Director
- John MullenWriter
- Julian BirkettProducer
- Greg SandersonProducer
Details
- Release date
- August 10, 2014
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
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