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Last broadcast on Fri, 7 Aug 2009, 23:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Andrew Motion champions the life of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate for over 40 years and creator of In Memoriam and The Charge of the Light Brigade.
Ann Thwaite provides further details of Tennyson's often-troubled life.
Broadcasts
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Tue 4 Aug 200916:30
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Fri 7 Aug 200923:00
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