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Poetry Extra: Visions of Paradise
4 Extra Debut. Daljit Nagra introduces a towering achievement of world literature written after John Milton went blind. From July 2007.
麻豆社 Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the 麻豆社's radio poetry archive.
'Visions of Paradise' features one of the towering achievements of world literature: John Milton's Paradise Lost. Written after he went blind, the programme is presented by Peter White, himself blind. Peter begins by talking to John Hull, the theologian, who also became blind, decades ago, at which point he decided to learn the opening section of Paradise Lost.
Producer: Mark Smalley
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in July 2007.
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Broadcasts
- Sun 1 Jul 2007 16:30麻豆社 Radio 4 FM
- Sat 7 Jul 2007 23:30麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sun 13 Mar 2016 17:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 14 Mar 2016 05:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra