Songs of Praise | A Reading of ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’

Duration: 2'45''

Synopsis

Dame Patricia Routledge discusses how Wilfred Owen captured the horror of war in his poetry before reading Anthem for Doomed Youth.

Further Information
Other Archive resources
BBC One | 2007

Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale | Siegfried Sassoons influence on Anthem for Doomed Youth

Jeremy Paxman looks at original manuscripts and discovers how integral Siegfried Sassoon was to Wilfred Owen's poetry.
Dulce et Decorum Est | BBC Two | 1995

English File | Dulce et Decorum Est

Dramatisation of the meeting between Owen and Sassoon, and a reading of Owen's Dulce et Decorum Est.