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Six Centuries of Verse

Season 1

1984 • 16 Episodes

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Chaucer - Ted Hughes

S01 E01 • Wednesday, May 2, 1984 • May 2 • 6h 40m

This introductory programme establishes the continuity and variety of poetry over six centuries, touching on different genres by using extracts from some of the many poems featured in the series - from Chaucer to Ted Hughes.

Old English

S01 E02 • Wednesday, May 9, 1984 • May 9 • 6h 40m

A look at the poetry composed between the mid-seventh century and the Norman Conquest, including Julian Glover's reading of part of his own adaptation of the heroic epic Beowulf.

Chaucer 1340-1400

S01 E03 • Wednesday, May 16, 1984 • May 16 • 6h 40m

Chaucer was the first great named poet in English. This programme focuses on The Canterbury Tales, with a reading of the introduction by Gary Watson and a detailed exploration of The Pardoner's Tale.

Medieval - Elizabethan 1400-1600

S01 E04 • Wednesday, May 23, 1984 • May 23 • 6h 40m

This programme explores the late Medieval period leading into the Renaissance, discussing poems dealing with love, death and ambition by Skelton, Wyatt, Raleigh, Marlowe and Shakespeare.

Shakespeare 1564-1616

S01 E05 • Wednesday, May 30, 1984 • May 30 • 6h 40m

A chronological look at Shakespeare's dramatic genius, using extracts from eight plays: Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline and The Tempest.

Metaphysical and Devotional 1590-1670

S01 E06 • Wednesday, Jun 6, 1984 • Jun 6 • 6h 40m

The vigour and audacity of John Donne's love poetry is contrasted with his equally powerful devotional works. The programme then explores the work of Donne's disciple George Herbert, and Andrew Marvell.

Milton 1608-1674

S01 E07 • Wednesday, Jun 13, 1984 • Jun 13 • 6h 40m

Milton's dedication, his humanity and his blindness are all given illustration in Ian Richardson's reading of the sonnet to his dead wife, Katharine, while his eloquence is highlighted in Richardson's spectacular readings from Paradise Lost.

Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745

S01 E08 • Wednesday, Jun 20, 1984 • Jun 20 • 6h 40m

An overview of the great age of satire: among the works featured are Rochester's 'A Satire Against Reason and Mankind', Dryden's 'Absalom and Achitophel' and the mock-heroic 'MacFlecknoe', and Pope's masterpiece of mordant wit, 'The Dunciad'.

Romantic Pioneers 1750-1805

S01 E09 • Sunday, Oct 21, 1984 • Oct 21 • 6h 40m

This programme features excerpts from Jonathan Smart's 'Jubilate Agno', written in Bedlam, five poems by Blake, Coleridge's 'Kubla Khan', and Wordsworth's 'The Solitary Reaper' - a fine example of "emotion recollected in tranquillity".

Wordsworth 1770-1850

S01 E10 • Sunday, Oct 28, 1984 • Oct 28 • 6h 40m

'Upon Westminster Bridge', 'Daffodils', 'A Slumber Did My Spirit Steal', and an extract from Book I of 'The Prelude' are among the poems read by Julian Glover; all were filmed in Wordsworth's native Lake District.

Younger Romantics

S01 E11 • Sunday, Nov 4, 1984 • Nov 4 • 6h 40m

Among the poems featured are Shelly's 'Ozymandias', 'The Mask of Anarchy' and 'Adonais'; Keats' 'La Belle Dame sans Merci' and 'To Autumn'; and part of Byron's 'Don Juan'.

Victorians 1837-1901

S01 E12 • Sunday, Nov 11, 1984 • Nov 11 • 6h 40m

The Victorian period of richly represented with extracts of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Emily Bronte, Christina Rossetti, Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold and Agernon Charles Swinburne.

American Pioneers 1855-1910

S01 E13 • Sunday, Nov 18, 1984 • Nov 18 • 6h 40m

Lee Remick reads Julia Ward Howe's 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' along with poems by Edgar Allen Poe and Emily Dickinson; Stacy Keach reads poems by Walt Whitman and Herman Melville; John Gielgud recites Robinson's 'Miniver Cheevy'.

Romantics and Realists

S01 E14 • Sunday, Nov 25, 1984 • Nov 25 • 6h 40m

This programme covers verse of the late Victorian period and the early twentieth century, with poems by Thomas Hardy, Gerard Manley, A.E. Houseman and Rudyard Kipling.

Early Twentieth Century 1914-1939

S01 E15 • Sunday, Dec 2, 1984 • Dec 2 • 6h 40m

Wilfred Owen's 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' and Edward Thomas' 'Old Man' are among the featured poems, while Cyril Cusack reads a selection of poems by W.B. Yeats, and Ian Richardson and Isla Blair give voices to an excerpt from Eliot's 'The Waste Land'.

Towards the Present 1934-1984

S01 E16 • Sunday, Dec 9, 1984 • Dec 9 • 6h 40m

Anthony Hopkins reads two of Dylan Thomas' most widely known poems, and Stacy Keach reads Robert Lowell's 'For the Union Dead'; poetry by Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes close the series.

Six Centuries of Verse

Season 1

1984 • 16 Episodes

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Chaucer - Ted Hughes

S01 E01 • Wednesday, May 2, 1984 • May 2 • 6h 40m

Old English

S01 E02 • Wednesday, May 9, 1984 • May 9 • 6h 40m

A look at the poetry composed between the mid-seventh century and the Norman Conquest, including Julian Glover's reading of part of his own adaptation of the heroic epic Beowulf.

Chaucer 1340-1400

S01 E03 • Wednesday, May 16, 1984 • May 16 • 6h 40m

Chaucer was the first great named poet in English. This programme focuses on The Canterbury Tales, with a reading of the introduction by Gary Watson and a detailed exploration of The Pardoner's Tale.

Medieval - Elizabethan 1400-1600

S01 E04 • Wednesday, May 23, 1984 • May 23 • 6h 40m

This programme explores the late Medieval period leading into the Renaissance, discussing poems dealing with love, death and ambition by Skelton, Wyatt, Raleigh, Marlowe and Shakespeare.

Shakespeare 1564-1616

S01 E05 • Wednesday, May 30, 1984 • May 30 • 6h 40m

A chronological look at Shakespeare's dramatic genius, using extracts from eight plays: Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline and The Tempest.

Metaphysical and Devotional 1590-1670

S01 E06 • Wednesday, Jun 6, 1984 • Jun 6 • 6h 40m

Milton 1608-1674

S01 E07 • Wednesday, Jun 13, 1984 • Jun 13 • 6h 40m

Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745

S01 E08 • Wednesday, Jun 20, 1984 • Jun 20 • 6h 40m

Romantic Pioneers 1750-1805

S01 E09 • Sunday, Oct 21, 1984 • Oct 21 • 6h 40m

Wordsworth 1770-1850

S01 E10 • Sunday, Oct 28, 1984 • Oct 28 • 6h 40m

Younger Romantics

S01 E11 • Sunday, Nov 4, 1984 • Nov 4 • 6h 40m

Among the poems featured are Shelly's 'Ozymandias', 'The Mask of Anarchy' and 'Adonais'; Keats' 'La Belle Dame sans Merci' and 'To Autumn'; and part of Byron's 'Don Juan'.

Victorians 1837-1901

S01 E12 • Sunday, Nov 11, 1984 • Nov 11 • 6h 40m

The Victorian period of richly represented with extracts of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Emily Bronte, Christina Rossetti, Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold and Agernon Charles Swinburne.

American Pioneers 1855-1910

S01 E13 • Sunday, Nov 18, 1984 • Nov 18 • 6h 40m

Romantics and Realists

S01 E14 • Sunday, Nov 25, 1984 • Nov 25 • 6h 40m

This programme covers verse of the late Victorian period and the early twentieth century, with poems by Thomas Hardy, Gerard Manley, A.E. Houseman and Rudyard Kipling.

Early Twentieth Century 1914-1939

S01 E15 • Sunday, Dec 2, 1984 • Dec 2 • 6h 40m

Towards the Present 1934-1984

S01 E16 • Sunday, Dec 9, 1984 • Dec 9 • 6h 40m

Anthony Hopkins reads two of Dylan Thomas' most widely known poems, and Stacy Keach reads Robert Lowell's 'For the Union Dead'; poetry by Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes close the series.

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Chaucer - Ted Hughes

S01 E01 • Wednesday, May 2, 1984 • May 2 • 6h 40m

Old English

S01 E02 • Wednesday, May 9, 1984 • May 9 • 6h 40m

A look at the poetry composed between the mid-seventh century and the Norman Conquest, including Julian Glover's reading of part of his own adaptation of the heroic epic Beowulf.

Chaucer 1340-1400

S01 E03 • Wednesday, May 16, 1984 • May 16 • 6h 40m

Chaucer was the first great named poet in English. This programme focuses on The Canterbury Tales, with a reading of the introduction by Gary Watson and a detailed exploration of The Pardoner's Tale.

Medieval - Elizabethan 1400-1600

S01 E04 • Wednesday, May 23, 1984 • May 23 • 6h 40m

This programme explores the late Medieval period leading into the Renaissance, discussing poems dealing with love, death and ambition by Skelton, Wyatt, Raleigh, Marlowe and Shakespeare.

Shakespeare 1564-1616

S01 E05 • Wednesday, May 30, 1984 • May 30 • 6h 40m

A chronological look at Shakespeare's dramatic genius, using extracts from eight plays: Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline and The Tempest.

Metaphysical and Devotional 1590-1670

S01 E06 • Wednesday, Jun 6, 1984 • Jun 6 • 6h 40m

Milton 1608-1674

S01 E07 • Wednesday, Jun 13, 1984 • Jun 13 • 6h 40m

Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745

S01 E08 • Wednesday, Jun 20, 1984 • Jun 20 • 6h 40m

Romantic Pioneers 1750-1805

S01 E09 • Sunday, Oct 21, 1984 • Oct 21 • 6h 40m

Wordsworth 1770-1850

S01 E10 • Sunday, Oct 28, 1984 • Oct 28 • 6h 40m

Younger Romantics

S01 E11 • Sunday, Nov 4, 1984 • Nov 4 • 6h 40m

Among the poems featured are Shelly's 'Ozymandias', 'The Mask of Anarchy' and 'Adonais'; Keats' 'La Belle Dame sans Merci' and 'To Autumn'; and part of Byron's 'Don Juan'.

Victorians 1837-1901

S01 E12 • Sunday, Nov 11, 1984 • Nov 11 • 6h 40m

The Victorian period of richly represented with extracts of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Emily Bronte, Christina Rossetti, Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold and Agernon Charles Swinburne.

American Pioneers 1855-1910

S01 E13 • Sunday, Nov 18, 1984 • Nov 18 • 6h 40m

Romantics and Realists

S01 E14 • Sunday, Nov 25, 1984 • Nov 25 • 6h 40m

This programme covers verse of the late Victorian period and the early twentieth century, with poems by Thomas Hardy, Gerard Manley, A.E. Houseman and Rudyard Kipling.

Early Twentieth Century 1914-1939

S01 E15 • Sunday, Dec 2, 1984 • Dec 2 • 6h 40m

Towards the Present 1934-1984

S01 E16 • Sunday, Dec 9, 1984 • Dec 9 • 6h 40m

Anthony Hopkins reads two of Dylan Thomas' most widely known poems, and Stacy Keach reads Robert Lowell's 'For the Union Dead'; poetry by Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes close the series.

Six Centuries of Verse

Season 1

1984 • 16 Episodes

Activity from Friends

Chaucer - Ted Hughes

S01 E01 • Wednesday, May 2, 1984 • May 2 • 6h 40m

Old English

S01 E02 • Wednesday, May 9, 1984 • May 9 • 6h 40m

A look at the poetry composed between the mid-seventh century and the Norman Conquest, including Julian Glover's reading of part of his own adaptation of the heroic epic Beowulf.

Chaucer 1340-1400

S01 E03 • Wednesday, May 16, 1984 • May 16 • 6h 40m

Chaucer was the first great named poet in English. This programme focuses on The Canterbury Tales, with a reading of the introduction by Gary Watson and a detailed exploration of The Pardoner's Tale.

Medieval - Elizabethan 1400-1600

S01 E04 • Wednesday, May 23, 1984 • May 23 • 6h 40m

This programme explores the late Medieval period leading into the Renaissance, discussing poems dealing with love, death and ambition by Skelton, Wyatt, Raleigh, Marlowe and Shakespeare.

Shakespeare 1564-1616

S01 E05 • Wednesday, May 30, 1984 • May 30 • 6h 40m

A chronological look at Shakespeare's dramatic genius, using extracts from eight plays: Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline and The Tempest.

Metaphysical and Devotional 1590-1670

S01 E06 • Wednesday, Jun 6, 1984 • Jun 6 • 6h 40m

Milton 1608-1674

S01 E07 • Wednesday, Jun 13, 1984 • Jun 13 • 6h 40m

Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745

S01 E08 • Wednesday, Jun 20, 1984 • Jun 20 • 6h 40m

Romantic Pioneers 1750-1805

S01 E09 • Sunday, Oct 21, 1984 • Oct 21 • 6h 40m

Wordsworth 1770-1850

S01 E10 • Sunday, Oct 28, 1984 • Oct 28 • 6h 40m

Younger Romantics

S01 E11 • Sunday, Nov 4, 1984 • Nov 4 • 6h 40m

Among the poems featured are Shelly's 'Ozymandias', 'The Mask of Anarchy' and 'Adonais'; Keats' 'La Belle Dame sans Merci' and 'To Autumn'; and part of Byron's 'Don Juan'.

Victorians 1837-1901

S01 E12 • Sunday, Nov 11, 1984 • Nov 11 • 6h 40m

The Victorian period of richly represented with extracts of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Emily Bronte, Christina Rossetti, Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold and Agernon Charles Swinburne.

American Pioneers 1855-1910

S01 E13 • Sunday, Nov 18, 1984 • Nov 18 • 6h 40m

Romantics and Realists

S01 E14 • Sunday, Nov 25, 1984 • Nov 25 • 6h 40m

This programme covers verse of the late Victorian period and the early twentieth century, with poems by Thomas Hardy, Gerard Manley, A.E. Houseman and Rudyard Kipling.

Early Twentieth Century 1914-1939

S01 E15 • Sunday, Dec 2, 1984 • Dec 2 • 6h 40m

Towards the Present 1934-1984

S01 E16 • Sunday, Dec 9, 1984 • Dec 9 • 6h 40m

Anthony Hopkins reads two of Dylan Thomas' most widely known poems, and Stacy Keach reads Robert Lowell's 'For the Union Dead'; poetry by Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes close the series.