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Last broadcast on Sun, 11 Jan 2009, 20:35 on BBC Two (Scotland only) (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, writer Andrew O'Hagan asks what made this man one of the world's favourite poets. He sidesteps dusty archives, heading instead for the pubs, farms and churches which the poet once knew and where the rhythms of life that fuelled his wild imagination still pulse.

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Robert Burns's early life

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  1. Mon 5 Jan 2009
    20:00
    BBC Two (Scotland only)
  2. Sun 11 Jan 2009
    20:35
    BBC Two (Scotland only)

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