Synopsis
The erotic intensity of passionate encounters, the tenderness of the "morning after", the anguish of self-reproach and the joyful sound of wedding bells are all evoked as Daisy Goodwin continues to explore various stages of love through poetry. Celebrities including actress Alison Steadman , comedian Bill Bailey and actor Greg Wise recite poems by Shakespeare, Donne and Tennyson that are filmed in the style of mini-dramas.
Essential Poems (To Fall in Love With) | 05: Love in a Life
Actors Prunella Scales , Christopher Lee and Matthew Macfadyen appear in the last of the series, reading poems by Betjeman, RS Thomas and Yeats that celebrate a love expected to last a lifetime and those that help with survival when it all goes wrong.
Essential Poems (To Fall in Love With) | 04: Grass is Greener
Prunella Scales recites Moyra Donaldson's Infidelities, Amanda Holden reflects on Loss by Wendy Cope, and Damian Lewis reads Jealousy by Rupert Brooke.