Synopsis
Dame Patricia Routledge discusses how Wilfred Owen captured the horror of war in his poetry before reading Anthem for Doomed Youth.
- Programme: Songs of Praise
- Episode: Wilfred Owen Special
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2018
- English Literature | Poetry | Wilfred Owen | Anthem for Doomed Youth
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