The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
2009
Documentary
To commemorate the centenary of the birth of one of Britain’s most influential and best-loved poets, this film combines dramatisations of telling events in the life of WH Auden with interviews from the TV and radio archives and extracts from Auden’s poetry, notebooks, letters and journals. (BBC)
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
May 17, 2009
Last Aired
May 17, 2009
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E1
The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
Air date: 2009-05-17
To mark the centenary of the birth of one of Britain's most noted poets, this film archive footage with extracts of Auden's poetry, letter and diaries, along with dramatisations of key events from his life.
Cast
Simon Callow
Readings (voice)
Don Warrington
Readings (voice)
Kenneth Cranham
W H Auden
Fraser James
Readings (voice)
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