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"William Blake" (10 results)
Performed by Clay Jones
An Omnibus documentary about visionary British artist and poet William Blake, who wrote Jerusalem and The Tyger, originally broa...
A profile of the life and work of poet William Blake, presented by Nigel Planer. Aimed at GCSE level students.
Malorie Blackman and Irish poet Niall McDevitt discuss William Blake's poem and hymn 'Jerusalem'.
Akala presents a reading and discussion of 'London' from Blake's Songs of Experience.
Anticipating the opening of Tate Britain's major exhibition of the work of William Blake, Simon Schama presents his view of the visionary artist who was disp...
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Blake's illustrated collection of poems, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Shewin...
Presented by rapper Akala, this programme explores the poetry of the Romantic period through the work of Wordsworth, Byron, Blake, ...
In this episode, Simon explores how Romantic artists created the secular icons of the modern democratic age, ...
Peter Ackroyd reveals how the radical ideas of liberty that inspired the French Revolution opened up a world of possibility for British writers such as Blake a...
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