Six Centuries of Verse (1984)
Sir John Gielgud is joined by an outstanding repertory of actors in this pioneering, imaginative series demonstrating the immense variety and emotional impact of English-language poetry, from the fourteenth century to the contemporary era.
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Season 1
Episodes season 1
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1x1
Chaucer - ted hughes
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1x2
Old english
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1x3
Chaucer 1340-1400
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1x4
Medieval - elizabethan 1400-1600
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1x5
Shakespeare 1564-1616
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1x6
Metaphysical and devotional 1590-1670
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1x7
Milton 1608-1674
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1x8
Restoration and augustan 1660-1745
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1x9
Romantic pioneers 1750-1805
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1x10
Wordsworth 1770-1850
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1x11
Younger romantics
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1x12
Victorians 1837-1901
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1x13
American pioneers 1855-1910
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1x14
Romantics and realists
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1x15
Early twentieth century 1914-1939
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1x16
Towards the present 1934-1984
