19 December 2006
Adventures in poetry: If
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Each day for the rest of this week we'll look at the stories behind a few of the most popular British poems with the BBC's Peggy Reynolds. Today she turns to the 'poster poem' of the 20th century – a piece which has been called the poetic equivalent of 'My Way' – Rudyard Kipling's 'If'. (Because of our copyright agreement with the BBC this program is unavailable for podcast.)
Guests
Professor Joanna Shapiro
Professor of Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine
Professor Stephen Connor
London University
Ian Sansom
Critic
Simon Armitage
Poet
Maureen Freely
Journalist and writer
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Writer and journalist
Griff Rhys Jones
Comedian and BBC Broadcaster
