"WB Yeats" (7 results)

Bob Geldof on WB Yeats: A Fanatic Heart

Bob Geldof on WB Yeats: A Fanatic Heart

BBC Four | 2016 | 1'38'27''

Bob Geldof examines the life and work of 20th-century poet William Butler Yeats. He argues that Yeats brought about immense change in...

Essential Poems (To Fall in Love With) | WB Yeats – He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Essential Poems (To Fall in Love With) | WB Yeats – He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven | BBC Two | 2003 | 40''

Read by Stephen Rea.

The Poetry of History | S01E01: Easter 1916, by WB Yeats

The Poetry of History | S01E01: Easter 1916, by WB Yeats

Radio 4 Extra | 2006 | 27'44''

Jonathan Bate looks at the history behind the poem, travelling to Dublin to investigate the 1916 Easter Rising.

Words and Music | Yeats at 150

Words and Music | Yeats at 150

BBC Radio 3 | 2015 | 1'13'45''

A sequence of poetry, prose and music to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the poet WB Yeats.

My Life in Verse | When You Are Gone’ by W. B. Yeats

My Life in Verse | When You Are Gone’ by W. B. Yeats

When You Are Gone | BBC Two | 2009 | 3'23''

Sheila Hancock explains how important the poem 'When You Are Old' by W. B. Yeats was in helping her recover from t...

Poetry Please | WH Auden

Poetry Please | WH Auden

BBC Radio 4 | 2007 | 27'41''

Marking the centenary of arguably the most important poet of the twentieth century in the English language after TS Eliot, Roger McGough introduces ...

Essential Poems (To Fall in Love With) | 05: Love in a Life

Essential Poems (To Fall in Love With) | 05: Love in a Life

BBC Two | 2003 | 29'23''

Actors Prunella Scales , Christopher Lee and Matthew Macfadyen appear in the last of the series, reading poems by...
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