Simon Armitage Movies
- 2014
Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide
Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide02014HD
Famous for his womanising, drinking and tragic death, Dylan Thomas is the rock star of 20th-century poetry. But for Welsh poet Owen Sheers, his tempes...
- 2010
Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey
Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey5.52010HD
Virginia Woolf said that Homer's epic poem the Odyssey was 'alive to every tremor and gleam of existence'. Following the magical and strange adventure...
- 2014
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
Great Poets: In Their Own Words02014HD
A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.
- 2015
Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death
Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death02015HD
Documentary exploring Ted Hughes, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, focusing on how his life story influenced his work and vision.
- 2011
The Pendle Witch Child
The Pendle Witch Child82011HD
The extraordinary story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one nine-year-old girl. Jennet Device,...
- 2009
BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight92009HD
Poet Simon Armitage goes on the trail of one of the jewels in the crown of British poetry, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, written about 600 years ag...
- 2013
Speeches That Shook the World
Speeches That Shook the World02013HD
Speech-making is the art of persuasion. Well-honed rhetoric appeals not just to the mind, but to the heart and, deeper down, in the guts. Examining th...
- 2021
A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go?
A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go?02021HD
A powerful and moving examination of the pandemic, using poetry as a central narrative and featuring people from around the country who tell us their...