Wordpower | What Can You Say?
Sonnet 71
A programme in a series about communicating through the spoken word. Whether expressing grief or talking to the bereaved we are often stuck for 'the right words'.
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Licence: ERA Licence required
- Type: Sonnets and Poems
- Channel: BBC Two
- Duration: 23'39''
- Broadcast date: 1977
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
Poetry Please | Sonnet 71
Selections of poetry on various themes chosen by listeners. These include Fleas poem by Anon read by Linda Smith, Nits poem by Roger McGough read by the poet, Mee-Whee by Mohammed Ali read by Nonie Lewis, Ode to a goldfish by Gyles Brandreth read by Noni Lewis, No rhyme! No time! by Victoria Wood read by Noni Lewis, An Attempt at the world's shortest poem by Gareth Owen read by Gabriel Woolf, Good taste by Adrian Mitchell read by Gabriel Woolf, History by Steve Turner read by Gabriel Woolf, Sonnet 71 by William Shakespeare read by Gabriel Woolf, To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet read by Noni Lewis, Sunne Rising by John Donne read by Gabriel Woolf, To John Donne written and read by Michael Symmons Roberts, Words by Anne Sexton read by Noni Lewis, No Thank You, John by Christina Rossetti read by Noni Lewis, To my Mother by George Barker read by Gabriel Woolf, Tarantella by Hilaire Belloc read by Hilaire Belloc, Matilda by Hilaire Belloc read by Gabriel Woolf, The Lungwash written and read by Michael Symmons Roberts and In The Studio by Charles Tomlinson read by Gabriel Woolf.
Desert Island Discs | Sir Leon Brittan
Britain's EC Trade Commissioner and former Conservative Home Secretary talks to Sue Lawley about his life and career, and chooses his favourite music. His choices include Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, the commentary on England winning the Ashes in 1953, `When I was a Lad' from HMS Pinafore, his wife reading Shakespeare's Sonnet No 16, 'Eternal Father Strong To Save', Don Carlos by Verdi, Dvorak's Cello Concerto, and Mozart's 'Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail'.