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Afternoon Reading - Lyrical Ballads - The Nightingale and the Lucy Poems

Coleridge's The Nightingale and Wordsworth's series of poems about the enigmatic Lucy.

Bookclub - Andrew Motion

Andrew Motion talks to James Naughtie about his 10 years as Poet Laureate.

In Our Time - The Later Romantics

Melvyn Bragg examines the poetry, tragedy and idealism of Byron, Shelley and Keats.

In Our Time - The Prelude

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Wordsworth’s poem The Predule.

In Our Time - The Romantics

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideals, exponents and legacy of Romanticism.

In Our Time - The Sonnet

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Sonnet, the most enduring form in the poet’s armoury.

Open Country - Post-Flood Cumbria

Matt Baker visits Cumbria to see if life is returning to normal after the floods of 2009.