Poetry Please | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (2006)

Based on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Daljit Nagra selects ''The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'' about an epic voyage. Read by Trevor Peacock.

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  • Type: Adaptation
  • Channel: BBC Radio 4
  • Duration: 27'38''
  • Broadcast date: 2006
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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