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Episode 3

Duration:
15 minutes
First broadcast:
Wednesday 02 September 2009

Poet Craig Raine investigates the mystical dimension of TS Eliot's Four Quartets. He identifies the agenda to represent the more elusive areas of emotion. With readings by Ralph Fiennes.

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