Simon Armitage Movies

  • 2014
    Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide

    Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide

    Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide

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    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...

    Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide
  • 2010
    Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey

    Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey

    Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey

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    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...

    Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey
  • 2014
    Great Poets: In Their Own Words

    Great Poets: In Their Own Words

    Great Poets: In Their Own Words

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    A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.

    Great Poets: In Their Own Words
  • 2015
    Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death

    Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death

    Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death

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    Documentary exploring Ted Hughes, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, focusing on how his life story influenced his work and vision.

    Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death
  • 2011
    The Pendle Witch Child

    The Pendle Witch Child

    The Pendle Witch Child

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    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,...

    The Pendle Witch Child
  • 2009
    BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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    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...

    BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  • 2013
    Speeches That Shook the World

    Speeches That Shook the World

    Speeches That Shook the World

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    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...

    Speeches That Shook the World
  • 2021
    A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go?

    A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go?

    A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go?

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    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...

    A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go?