Radio Times

Review by:

Laurence Joyce

Valentine’s week and love is in the air — or rather the Radio 4 airwaves. From Monday to Friday, Carol Ann Duffy and her fellow poets explore the language of love, from first flush to last gasp.

Duffy celebrates the power of love poetry over the ages and examines the great works that say it all so much better than we could say it ourselves, beginning with those earliest moments of delightful, mysterious uncertainty.

About this programme

New series. Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy explores the tradition of love poetry in a five-part series, each edition focusing on a different stage in the development of a relationship. She begins by considering first meetings and the headiness of early infatuation.

Cast and crew

Cast

Presenter

Carol Ann Duffy

Crew

Producer

Emma Harding

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